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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Dec 03 Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85. 
Dec 04 Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
Dec 05 David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire.
Dec 05 Football Writers Association of America organized.
Dec 05 USS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor
Dec 06 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
Dec 06 NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
Dec 07 Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon
Dec 07 Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71
Dec 07 HMCS Windflower (Corvette) lost in a collision.
Dec 07 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy) inaugural Japanese submarine sunk by a US ship (USS Ward).
Dec 07 Pearl Harbour attacked without a declaration of war by Japanese aircraft, sinking much of the US fleet
Dec 08 As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan.
Dec 08 Destruction Camp Chelmo opens
Dec 08 US declares war on Japan.
Dec 08 USS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II
Dec 09 1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
Dec 09 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
Dec 09 Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester".
Dec 09 Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61.
Dec 09 The inaugural US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines.
Dec 10 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore.
Dec 10 HMS PRINCE OF WALES sunk off Kuantan, Malaya in the South China Sea as many as 5 or 6 torpedoes from Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Nells and Bettys).Of the crew of 1612 327 were lost
Dec 10 HMS REPULSE sunk with HMS PRince of Wales but hit by 5 torpedoes. Destroyers rescued 1285 officers and men
Dec 11 Buick lowered its prices to reflect the absence of spare tires or inner tubes from its new cars. Widespread shortages caused by World War II had led to many quotas and laws designed to conserve America's resources.
Dec 11 Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
Dec 11 Germany and Italy declare war on US
Dec 11 Japanese occupy Guam
Dec 12 European reservists on Java mobilizes.
Dec 12 German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews.
Dec 12 Naval Air Transport Service is established.
Dec 13 German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union.
Dec 14 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
Dec 15 A musical standard was recorded this day on Victor Records. Lena Horne sang the torch classic that became her signature Stormy Weather
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