2002 Event In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil' 1988 Death Axis Sally, Mildred E Gillars, U.S. nazi propagandist (WW II), dies 1955 Event 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) 1948 Event Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Washington D.C. 1943 Event Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1943 Event Axis forces in North Africa surrender 1943 Event Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg 1942 Event 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace 1942 Event U.S. and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis 1941 Event Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing" 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1940 Event Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis) 1939 Event Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis 1936 Event Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis"
