6818 events
BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and le
A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo
A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo
World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins
The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World
World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war
US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mut
The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis
World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle,…
World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident…
World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident…
World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as…
World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily begins, leading to the downfall of Mussolini and forcing Hitler to break…
World War II: Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, begins.
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat…
World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
World War II: Battle of Kursk: German and Soviet forces engage in the Battle of Prokhorovka, one of the largest…
World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.