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Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero"), which…
In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for…
In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for…
Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152…
World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill…
World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American…
The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin on the Eastern Front.
The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who…
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States…
World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of…
Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or…
World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages…
Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th symphony premiers in a besieged Leningrad.
Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication…