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Friday, 19 June 2026
1940 12th Academy Awards 
1940 Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73.
1941 "Captain America" appears in a comic book.
1941 German troops invade Bulgaria
1941 Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp.
1941 The inaugural US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville TN.
1942 Extermination begins at Sobibor.
1942 HMS EXETER sunk, East Indies, north west of Surabaya in Java Sea by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force
1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java.
1942 Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews.
1942 Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia
1942 Malaria in Egypt.
1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided.
1943 The Canadian Women's Army Corps is founded as part of the Canadian forces; CWACs have full military titles and hold commissions
1944 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns.
1944 The Canadian government ends meat rationing.
1944 U-358 sinks in Atlantic.
1944 ... Formans, director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz
1945 British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten
1945 Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi.
1945 FDR announces success of Yalta Conference.
1945 Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander
1945 Hitler orders the destruction of all Germany; it is unworthy of surviving him. His order mandates the destruction not only of military installations, but also of all stores, industries, and transportation and communication installations. Nothing is to fall into enemy hands.
1945 In this year, Major Frederick A. Tilston Cdn.(The Essex Scottish Regimetn) claims the Victoria Cross at Hochwald, Germany
1946 British Govt takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years
1946 Operation Frostbite--USS Midway with elements of Air Group 74 on board, and accompanied by three destroyers, left Norfolk to conduct cold weather tests in Davis Strait. In the period 7-22 March, these units with World War II type aircraft and the newer F8F Bearcat, the combination prop and jet FR-1 Fireball, and the HNS-1 helicopter.
1946 Bubonic plague in China.
1946 Relapsing fever in Egypt.
1947 International Monetary Fund began operations
1947 J Boogaard, nazi collaborator, executed.
1949 Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years.
1950 Chiang Kai-shek resumed the Presidency of National China on Formosa
1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)
1950 USSR issues golden rubles.
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