2337 events
Second Sino-Japanese War: About 4,000 people died of asphyxiation in Chongqing when the tunnel in which they were hiding
World War II: The Allies commenced the Syria–Lebanon campaign against Vichy French possessions in the Levant
World War II: German minister of foreign affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop presented a declaration of war to the Soviet amb
World War II: German minister of foreign affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop presented a declaration of war to the Soviet amb
World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising
The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many…
Second World War: After a three-month siege, the Italian garrison of Saïo (in modern-day Ethiopia) surrendered to…
After a secret meeting in Newfoundland, British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin D.…
After a secret meeting in Newfoundland, British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin D.…
Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings…
World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.
In Des Moines, Iowa, American aviator Charles Lindbergh delivered an antisemitic speech (reporting pictured) accusing…
Operation Barbarossa: A Wehrmacht training event known as the Mogilev Conference began, marking an increase in…
SS Patrick Henry, the first of 2,710 Liberty ships built during World War II by the United States, was launched.
Willie Gillis, one of Norman Rockwell's trademark characters, debuted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
World War II: German soldiers massacred nearly 2,800 Serbs in Kragujevac in reprisal for insurgent attacks in the…
Approximately 400 workers completed the 60-foot (18 m) busts of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,…
One hundred crew members of the USS Reuben James perished when their vessel became the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by…
Second World War: After suffering torpedo damage the previous day, the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sank as…
World War II: A squad of 250 Norwegian volunteers defending Hegra Fortress surrendered to a superior Nazi force after a