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Saturday, 14 February 2026
Apr 17 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg. 
Apr 18 "Stars and Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts
Apr 18 James H Doolittle bombed Tokyo and other Japanese cities
Apr 18 Tor Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup.
Apr 20 German occupiers forbids Dutch access to their beach
Apr 23 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins
Apr 23 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
Apr 24 Barbra Streisland, American singer and actress is born.
Apr 24 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
Apr 25 Luftwaffe bombs Bath
Apr 25 Paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52.
Apr 26 Coal mine explosion results in the deaths of 1549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
Apr 26 Colliery explosion results in the deaths of 1549 at Honkeiko Manchuria.
Apr 27 Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars.
Apr 27 Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300.
Apr 28 "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
Apr 28 Nightly "dim-out" begins along the East Coast
Apr 29 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road
Apr 30 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi.
Apr 30 Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
Apr 30 The inaugural submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi.
Apr 30 The Toronto Stock Exchange Index hits wartime low of 84.8 on news of German victories
May 01 Japanese forces take Mandalay, Burma, in World War II while British retreat along Chindwin Valley to India.
May 01 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star".
May 01 Townsville put on invasion alert
May 02 In this year, 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out claims in 2:04.4.
May 02 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma.
May 03 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands.
May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed
May 03 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter.
May 03 Nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands.
May 04 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
May 04 Food inaugural rationed in US
May 04 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
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