1943
World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
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1914
World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
1944
World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
1943
World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
1942
World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of…
World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1939
World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
1915
World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched…
World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen.
1915
World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers.
World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers.
1944
World War II: The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at…
World War II: The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at the Auschwitz concentration camp, they burnt down Crematorium IV.
1978
Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1944
World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just…
World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
1943
World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
1941
World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture…
World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1918
World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he was awarded the Medal of…
World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1918
World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of…
World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a G�
1914
World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
1942
World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon…
World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, reversing the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.
1914
World War I: The civilian authorities of Antwerp surrendered and allowed the German army to capture the city.
World War I: The civilian authorities of Antwerp surrendered and allowed the German army to capture the city.
1943
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven…
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Si�