January 1 Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16 January 1 U.S. and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis January 2 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace January 2 German troops in Bardia surrender January 2 Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines January 3 American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms January 4 NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24 January 4 Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida January 4 Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame January 5 55 German tanks reach North-Africa January 6 1st around world flight, Pan Am "Pacific Clipper" January 6 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia January 7 WW II siege of Bataan starts January 9 Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title January 9 U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff created January 10 Japan invades North-Celebes, Netherlands Indies January 11 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record) January 11 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya January 12 British troops reconquer Sollum January 12 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender January 12 National War Labor Board created January 13 Allied Conference for war trials January 13 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast January 13 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies January 13 Interallied war trial conference publishes St. James Declaration January 14 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo January 15 Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II January 15 Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II January 16 William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in U.S. army January 18 Nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart and Wiardi Beckman January 19 Japanese forces invade Burma January 19 Titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers January 20 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain January 20 Japanese invade Burma January 20 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews January 21 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal January 21 Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" January 21 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain January 21 Tito's partisans occupy Foca January 22 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain January 22 Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch 11 city skate (8:44:06) January 23 Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain January 23 Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army January 24 Musical "Star and Garter," premieres in New York City January 25 Lt General Rommels African corps reaches Msus January 26 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland January 26 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel January 27 -19 degrees F (-27.4 degrees C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850 January 28 General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine January 28 German troops occupy Benghazi Libya January 29 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC January 29 German and Italian troops occupy Banghazi January 29 Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation) January 30 Japanese troops land on Ambon January 31 62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton) February 1 2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms February 2 Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans February 2 U.S. auto factories switch from commercial to war production February 3 1st Japanese air raid on Java February 3 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 February 4 Clinton Pierce becomes 1st U.S. general wounded in action in WW II February 5 Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yankees for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore February 5 "Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn and Tracy opens at Radio City February 7 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8") February 8 Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort February 8 Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles February 9 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S. February 9 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes February 9 Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils" February 10 Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" February 11 "Archie" comic book debuts February 12 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany February 13 Hitler's Operation Seelowe (invasion of England) cancelled February 14 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra February 14 Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens February 15 German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery February 15 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra February 15 Singapore surrenders to Japanese February 16 German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery February 18 Japanese troop land on Bali February 19 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin February 19 Bill Longson beats Managoff and Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champ February 19 Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber February 19 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders detention and internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans February 19 Japanese troops land on Timor February 19 New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games February 19 Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" February 20 Lt. E. H. O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers February 21 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn February 21 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht February 23 Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, California February 24 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German) February 26 German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb February 26 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies February 26 Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project "Wunderwaffen" February 26 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same" February 27 1st transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany February 27 Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese February 27 J. S. Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun February 28 1st weapon drop on Netherlands February 28 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies February 28 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit March 1 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat March 1 Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough March 1 J. Milton Cage Jr's "Imaginary Landscape No 3," premieres in Chicago March 1 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java March 1 Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews March 1 Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia March 2 14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win March 2 Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon March 3 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane March 5 Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia March 5 Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony, premieres in Siberia March 5 Japanese troop march into Batavia March 7 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta March 7 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee March 8 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma March 8 KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies March 9 Construction of the Alaska Highway began March 11 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp March 11 General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia March 11 Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra March 12 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal March 13 Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in U.S. army March 17 Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported March 17 General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander March 18 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out March 18 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters March 19 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty March 19 Thoroughbred Racing Association of U.S. formed in Chicago March 20 Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia March 20 General MacArthur vows, "I shall return" March 20 Major German assault on Malta March 21 Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk March 21 Heavy German assault on Malta March 22 Heavy German assault on Malta March 23 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported March 23 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean March 23 U.S. move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers March 25 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp March 26 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz and Birkenau Camps March 26 1st 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec March 26 20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pennsylvania, kills 21 March 26 German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel General Rommel March 27 Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire March 27 Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward March 27 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City) March 28 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck March 28 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 March 28 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire March 28 Raid on lock/dock St. Nazaire March 29 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea March 29 British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die March 29 German submarine U-585 sinks March 30 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau March 30 SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp April 1 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor April 1 Mexico changes from 3 time zones to 2 April 7 Heavy German assault on Malta April 8 A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in New York City April 9 Battle of Bataan, U.S. and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan April 10 Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland April 11 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized April 12 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280 April 12 Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan April 14 Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of U.S. east coast April 15 George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta April 16 Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship April 16 King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta April 17 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg April 17 Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp April 18 James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities April 18 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 April 18 "Stars and Stripes" paper for U.S. Armed Forces starts April 19 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2 April 20 German occupiers forbids Dutch access to their beach April 20 Heavy German assault on Malta April 23 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins April 23 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter April 24 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter April 25 Luftwaffe bombs Bath April 26 Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria April 26 Luftwaffe bombs Bath April 27 Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars April 27 Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 April 28 Nightly "dim-out" begins along East Coast April 28 "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll April 29 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road April 29 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands and Vichy-France April 30 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi May 1 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" May 2 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 May 2 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma May 3 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands May 3 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter May 3 Nazi's execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands May 3 Nazi's require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star May 4 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) May 4 Food 1st rationed in U.S. May 4 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages May 4 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) May 5 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar May 5 U.S. begins rationing sugar during WW II May 6 Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies May 7 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion May 7 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed May 8 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund May 8 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea May 8 German summer offensive opens in Crimea May 9 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57 May 11 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa May 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz May 12 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine May 12 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River May 12 Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 May 13 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight May 13 Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 home runs in a game May 14 U.S. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms May 15 Gasoline 1st rationed in U.S. (17 Eastern States) May 15 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers May 16 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma May 17 Dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler May 18 New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II May 19 Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson and Wagner) May 20 U.S. Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve May 21 Great Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia May 22 Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany and Japan May 26 Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London May 26 Belgium Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star May 26 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army May 27 Dorie Miller, awarded Navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor May 27 Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered May 27 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim May 27 Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague May 28 1,800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich May 29 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date May 30 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II May 30 Reichsfuhrer Himmler arrives in Prague May 30 Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1 May 30 U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor May 31 25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Seaview CC Atlantic City, New Jersey May 31 Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury June 2 Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator June 3 Battle of Midway Island begins June 4 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II June 4 Capitol Record Co. opens for business June 4 USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island June 5 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie June 5 Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54 June 5 USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania June 6 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray June 6 74th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Shut Out wins in 2:29.2 June 6 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway June 6 Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians June 7 Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan June 7 Germany Armys march into Sebastopol June 7 Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands June 8 Bing Cosby records "Silent Night" June 9 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government June 9 German-Netherlands press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe June 9 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Czechoslovakia June 10 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173 June 10 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich June 11 German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa June 11 U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II June 12 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present, Amsterdam June 12 Hitler orders enslavement of Slavic peoples June 12 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City June 13 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km June 13 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head June 13 Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island June 13 OSS, Office of Strategic Services, forms June 14 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport, Connecticut June 14 Anne Frank begins her diary June 14 French government of Reynaud resigns June 14 Walt Disney's "Bambi" animated movie is released June 17 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) June 18 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m June 19 Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 hits June 20 Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews June 20 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa June 21 129 degrees F (54 degrees C), Tirat Zevi, Israel June 21 Jacqueline Kennedy's mother marries Hugh Auchincloss June 21 President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C. June 21 Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa June 21 Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m) June 22 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon June 22 Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms June 24 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered June 24 Africa Corps occupy Egypt June 25 British premier Winston Churchill travels from U.S. to London June 25 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II) June 25 General Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of U.S. forces in Europe June 26 German assault on British at Mersa Matruh June 27 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York's Long Island June 27 PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk June 28 Colonel General Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj June 28 Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York) June 29 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, premieres June 30 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month June 30 Colonel General Von Paul' 6th Army enters Ukraine June 30 U.S. bombs Celebes and Timor June 30 U.S. Mint in New Orleans ceases operation July 1 German troops conquer Sebastopol July 3 Germany troop march into Sebastopol July 3 Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine July 4 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) July 4 U.S. air offensive against nazi-Germany begins July 5 1st performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Choros 6/9/11 July 5 Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada July 6 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York July 6 Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam July 6 Von Hoth' IV Pantser army fights with Voronezj July 7 Germany troop march into Woronezj July 7 military all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0 July 9 Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews July 10 Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbruck Camp July 10 Netherland's government in exile, London, recognizes Soviet Union July 13 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis July 13 German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages July 13 SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland July 14 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork July 14 Riots against Jews in Amsterdam July 15 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz July 15 Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps" July 16 French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris July 16 Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp July 17 3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 July 17 Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) July 17 Transport nr 6 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany July 18 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens July 18 Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight July 19 Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony, premieres in US July 19 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and Hague July 20 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training July 20 Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy 8-8 July 20 Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress July 20 Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover July 20 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines July 21 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia July 22 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks July 22 Gasoline rationing using coupons begins July 22 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka extermination Camp July 23 German troops conquer Rostow July 23 Hitler's Directive #45: order to occupy Stalingrad July 24 Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army," premieres in New York City July 25 German troops occupy Rostov July 25 German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja July 26 RAF bombs Hamburg July 26 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism July 28 Nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto July 28 Zionists partisans ZOB forms in Poland July 29 Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd July 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) July 30 German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in Netherlands July 30 German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia July 31 German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia July 31 U boats sank 96 allied ships this month: 476,000 ton August 1 Deurne soccer team forms August 1 German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers August 1 Race riots in Harlem, New York August 2 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp August 2 Colonel General Hoth' Pantser army reaches Kotelnikovo August 4 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz August 4 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo August 4 Colonel General Jeremenko arrives in Stalingrad/welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev August 4 German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons killed August 5 British government cancels agreement of Munich August 5 German troops cross Kuban River August 6 Assinibaine destroyer sinks U-210 August 6 Churchill fires General Auchinlek as Middle-East commandant August 6 Goering proclaims occupied areas "thoroughly empty to plunder" August 6 Riots by Dutch Jews August 7 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands August 7 Resistance bombs Rotterdam railway August 7 Transport 16 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 8 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in U.S. executed in Washington D.C. August 8 Dianthus sinks U-379 August 8 "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein August 8 Russian anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko August 9 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland August 9 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad August 9 Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress August 9 Vice-Admiral Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island August 10 General B. Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in North Africa August 11 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium August 11 British aircraft carrier Eagle torpedoed and sinks August 11 Lieutenant-general Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar August 12 British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin August 12 German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe August 12 Lieutenant-general Montgomery arrives in Cairo August 14 Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa August 15 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel August 16 Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow August 17 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces August 17 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe August 17 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet August 17 Transport nr 20 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 17 U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France August 18 Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese August 19 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is August 19 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France August 19 Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab August 19 General Paulus orders German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad August 20 Dim-out regulations implemented in San Francisco August 21 Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus August 21 Transport nr 22 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 22 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy August 23 1st U.S. flights to land on Guadalcanal August 23 Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffers bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die) August 23 British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo August 23 Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game, raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief August 24 Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands August 24 Transport nr 23 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 25 SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht, Netherlands August 26 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France August 26 Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay August 26 Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow August 26 Transport nr 24 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 27 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy August 28 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100) August 28 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2) August 28 Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 30 Nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg August 31 Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault August 31 U boats sunk this month 108 ships (544,000 ton) September 1 Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans September 1 German troops land on Taman peninsula September 2 German troops enter Stalingrad September 4 Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany September 5 Battle at Alam Halfa ends September 5 British and U.S. bomb Le Havre and Bremen September 6 56th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64) September 6 Czechoslovakian marathon runner Oskar Haks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau September 7 62nd U.S. Mens Tennis: F Schroeder, Jr. beats F Parker (86 75 36 46 62) September 7 German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle September 7 Transport nr 29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany September 9 Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia September 9 Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon September 10 British troops lands on Madagascar September 10 RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf September 11 Transport nr 31 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany September 12 Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal September 12 Free-Poland and Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes September 13 Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal September 13 Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning September 13 German forces attack Stalingrad September 14 Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal September 14 German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1 September 14 Yankees clinch pennant #13 September 15 U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal September 16 Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled September 18 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service September 20 Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m September 21 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris September 21 Transport nr 35 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany September 22 Meulenberg robs of church bells September 23 Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions September 23 Russian counter offensive at Stalingrad September 23 Transport nr 36 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany September 27 Heavy German assault in Stalingrad September 27 New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down September 27 Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general September 27 St. Louis Cardinals win NL pennant on last day of season September 28 Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad September 28 NY Americans NHL team folded September 29 32 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept September 29 Government of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich September 30 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons) September 30 Admiral Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map September 30 SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period October 1 Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st U.S. jet, makes maiden flight October 1 Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing October 2 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago October 2 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 October 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt forms Office of Economic Stabilization October 3 Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km) October 3 New York Yankees Frank Crosetti shoves ump Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 and suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season October 4 German assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad October 5 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred October 5 St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series October 6 Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram October 7 1 salvo Katjoesja-rocket destroys nazi battalion in Stalingrad October 7 Last camouflaged German raider Komet leaves Flushing harbor (Netherlands) October 7 Maxwell Andersons "Eve of St. Mark," premieres in New York City October 7 U.S. and British government announce establishment of United Nations October 7 Yvon Robert beats Bill Longson in Montreal, to become wrestling champ October 8 Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley) October 10 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt October 12 Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division October 12 U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance October 14 Dobbe resistances group overthrows Bonkarten distribution October 14 German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed October 14 Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal October 15 German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die October 16 Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in New York City October 16 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India October 16 National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services October 18 Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed October 20 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations October 22 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland October 22 U.S. General Clark and Lemnitzer and French General Mast meet secretly in Algeria October 23 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk October 23 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt October 23 German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad October 24 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry October 25 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive October 25 Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins October 25 Field Marshal Rommel back in North-Africa October 26 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal October 26 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough October 26 Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes October 27 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance October 27 U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz October 28 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery October 28 Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) October 29 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault October 29 Alaska highway completed October 29 Branch Rickey named president/General Manager of Brooklyn Dodgers October 29 Nazi's murder 16,000 Jewish in Pinsk, Soviet Union October 30 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault October 30 U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise reaches Noumea October 31 94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton) October 31 9th day in battle at El Alamein November 1 10th day of battle at El Alamein November 1 Vice-Admiral Cunningham becomes British commander-in-chief November 2 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir November 2 Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II) November 3 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault November 3 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yankees Joe Gordon wins AL MVP November 3 Mort Cooper wins NL MVP November 3 William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago November 4 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing November 5 Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris November 5 Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission November 6 Nazis execute 12,000 Minsk ghetto Jews November 6 Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta finds Ampat Serangkai November 7 1st U.S. president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French November 7 Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km) November 8 Allies under Eisenhower land in N-Africa (Casablanca) November 8 Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall November 8 Operation "Torch" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr November 8 Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US November 9 German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish premier November 9 Transport nr 44 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany November 10 Philip Barry's "Without Love," premieres in New York City November 10 U.S. - British troops occupies Oran Algeria November 10 U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco November 11 745 French Jews deported to Auschwitz November 11 During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France November 11 Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David November 11 Last German offensive in Stalingrad November 11 Lieutenant-General Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java November 11 Transport nr 45 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany November 12 In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began November 13 Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal November 13 Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 November 14 Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender November 16 Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed November 18 Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in New York City November 19 Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden" November 19 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front November 20 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski November 20 British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya November 20 Hitler names Field Marshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding November 20 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over November 20 Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines November 21 Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties" November 22 General-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov November 22 Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man November 23 3rd and 5th Romanian army corp surrenders November 23 Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized November 23 Colonel General Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender November 23 German 4th and 6th Army surrounded at Stalingrad November 23 Japan bombs Port Darwin, Australia November 23 Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed November 23 Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don November 23 Steward Poon Lim begins floating in a raft 133 days November 24 Field Marshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk November 24 French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx" November 25 National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms November 26 Anti fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms November 26 "Casablanca" premieres at Hollywood Theatre, New York City November 27 Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ November 27 French Navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them November 27 Tito appoints Anti fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia November 28 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston November 28 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston Mass) November 29 U.S. rations coffee during WWII November 30 109 U boats sunk this month (729,000 ton) November 30 30th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Hurricanes defeats Winnipeg Bombers, 8-5 November 30 Bill Terry resigns as supervisor of New York Giants minor league system November 30 German scout ship Altmark explode and sinks off Yokohama December 1 Gasoline rationed in US December 2 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction Enrico Fermi - University of Chicago December 4 1st U.S. citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) December 4 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration December 4 U.S. bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II December 4 Works Progress Administration liquidated December 5 CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto December 5 Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to go work December 5 West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland December 6 Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth December 6 RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die) December 8 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB) December 10 Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people" December 10 North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under Colonel General von Arnim December 11 Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia December 12 German offensive in South Western Stalingrad December 13 Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader December 13 Washington Redskins defeat Chicago Bears 14-6, to win NFL title December 15 Massachusetts issues 1st U.S. vehicular license plate tabs December 16 Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan December 17 Allies in London sentence German war criminals December 20 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta December 21 U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal December 23 Allies air attack on Den Helder December 24 1st powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemunde, Germany December 24 Red army occupies German airports at Tasjinskaja and Morozowsk December 25 Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death December 25 British Col S W Bailey reaches Mihailovics headquarter December 25 Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad December 27 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use December 27 NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14 December 28 Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus December 28 Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times December 31 60 U boats sunk this month (330,000 ton) December 31 Battle in Barents Sea December 31 Potatoes rationed in Holland
