December 5th 1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment. (This overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States.)

December 5th 1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment. (This overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States.)

The only time that a constitutional Amendment was repealed in its entirety.

December 6th 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.

March 26th 1934 – The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.

May 21st 1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.

May 23rd 1934 – The American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.

May 23rd 1934 – The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.

May 27th 1924 - The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, meeting at Springfield, Maryland, repealed its ban on dancing and theater attendance.

May 1934:

23. May 1934 - Gibbsland, LA - Bonnie & Clyde shot

9. May 1934 - Montana/Wyoming/Saskatchewan/Alberta - large scale "black blizzard" begins, reaches NYC and Savannah, Ga within 48 hours, travelling at 115 mph at times, dumps dirt on ships 350 miles out in the Atlantic ocean and eventually remnants reach Central Europe and beyond

May 28th 1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.

May 30th 1934 - The two-day Barmen Synod ended in Germany. The resulting Barmen Declaration affirmed that the German Confessing Church recognized Jesus Christ to be the only authoritative voice of God, in clear contrast to all other (i.e., Nazi) powers representing divine revelation.

June 6th 1934 – New Deal: the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

June 9th 1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.

June 9th 1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.

Happy Birthday Donald Duck! :D

Happy Birthday Donald Duck! :D



He looks good for 80.  :)

June 19th 1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

July 2nd 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.

July 4th 1934 – Leo Szilard patented the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.

December 11th 1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.

December 11th 1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.


What drink was it?  ???

What drink was it?  ???
Would we like to know?

January 2nd 1935 – Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh.

Would we like to know?


maybe it was a Bourbon or a Gin and Tonic? ???

maybe it was a Bourbon or a Gin and Tonic? ???
In a Speakeasy?

In a Speakeasy?


why not a speakeasy?  ???

why not a speakeasy?  ???
In November 1934, Wilson was visited by old drinking companion Ebby Thacher. Wilson was astounded to find that Thacher had been sober for several weeks under the guidance of the evangelical Christian Oxford Group. Wilson took some interest in the group, but shortly after Thacher's visit, he was again admitted to Towns Hospital to recover from a bout of drinking. This was his fourth and last stay at Towns hospital under Doctor Silkworth's care and he showed signs of delirium tremens. It was while undergoing treatment with The Belladonna Cure that Wilson experienced his "Hot Flash" spiritual conversion and quit drinking. Earlier that evening, Thacher had visited and tried to persuade him to turn himself over to the care of a Christian deity who would liberate him from alcohol] According to Wilson, while lying in bed depressed and despairing, he cried out, "I'll do anything! Anything at all! If there be a God, let Him show Himself!" He then had the sensation of a bright light, a feeling of ecstasy, and a new serenity. He never drank again for the remainder of his life. Wilson described his experience to Dr. Silkworth, who told him, "Something has happened to you I don't understand. But you had better hang on to it".

Wilson joined the Oxford Group and tried to help other alcoholics, but succeeded only in keeping sober himself. During a failed business trip to Akron, Ohio, Wilson was tempted to drink again and decided that to remain sober he needed to help another alcoholic. He called phone numbers in a church directory and eventually secured an introduction to Dr. Bob Smith, an alcoholic Oxford Group member. Wilson explained Doctor Silkworth's theory that alcoholics suffer from a physical allergy and a mental obsession. Wilson shared that the only way he was able to stay sober was through having had a spiritual experience. Smith was familiar with the tenets of the Oxford Group and upon hearing Wilson's experience, "began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady with a willingness that he had never before been able to muster. After a brief relapse, he sobered, never to drink again up to the moment of his death in 1950". Wilson and Smith began working with other alcoholics. After that summer in Akron, Wilson returned to New York where he began having success helping alcoholics in what they called "a nameless squad of drunks" in an Oxford Group there.

In 1938, after about 100 alcoholics in Akron and New York had become sober, the fellowship decided to promote its program of recovery through the publication of a book, for which Wilson was chosen as primary author. The book was given the title Alcoholics Anonymous and included the list of suggested activities for spiritual growth known as the Twelve Steps. The movement itself took on the name of the book. Later Wilson also wrote the Twelve Traditions, a set of spiritual guidelines to ensure the survival of individual AA groups. The AA general service conference of 1955 was a landmark event for Wilson in which he turned over the leadership of the maturing organization to an elected board.

January 19th 1935 – Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs.

January 19th 1935 – Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs.
Now that's pants!

February 7th 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.

February 7th 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.


Happy 80th Birthday.  :)

February 13th 1935 – A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.

1935 – Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.

1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.

1935 – Percy Shaw founded his company Reflecting Roadstuds Limited to make cat's eyes.

1925 – Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.

1925 – Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.

1925 – The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.

1925 – Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.


1925 – Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.


1925 – The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.

No one noticed...

...in the wrong topic!

May 12th 1935 – Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith (founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling.

May 14th 1935 – The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.

June 3rd 1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.

June 10th 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.

June 10th 1935 – Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.

June 18th 1935 – Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.

July 16th 1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

July 24th 1935 – The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.

July 28th 1935 – The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber aircraft, which dropped more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II, made its first flight.

September 3rd 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.

September 3rd 1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in ten games.

September 11th 1935 - US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year.

January 14th 1936 - Cecil "Tiny" Thompson (Boston Bruins) became the first NHL goalie to receive credit for an assist.

January 15th 1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.

January 20th 1936 – Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.

January 29th 1936 - The first members of major league baseball's Hall of Fame were named in Cooperstown, NY. They were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.

February 8th 1936 - The first National Football League (NFL) draft was held. Jay Berwanger was the first to be selected. He went to the Philadelphia Eagles.

February 10th 1936 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.

February 15th 1936 – Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.

February 16th 1936 – In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.

February 29th 1936 – February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.

February 29th 1936 – Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.

February 29th 1936 – Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.

Amazing!!

Born on that day was Alex Rocco, an Italian-American film actor, but he passed away last year from pancreatic cancer. :\'( (So he would have turned 80 today; it would have been his 20th birthday.)

March 1st 1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.

March 1st 1936 – A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.

March 7th 1936 – Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.

March 8th 1936 – Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.

March 14th 1936 – The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall. (There had been a part-talkie, part-silent version of Show Boat in 1929.)

March 16th 1936 – Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and lead to a major flood in Pittsburgh.

March 20th 1936 - Benny Goodman and his orchestra recorded "Christopher Columbus" in Chicago, IL.

March 24th 1936 - The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0. The first goal was not scored until 16 minutes and 30 seconds into the sixth overtime period of the season's first Stanley Cup semi-final game.

March 25th 1936 - The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Maroons in the longest hockey game to date. The game lasted for 2 hours and 56 minutes.

March 29th 1936 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.

April 6th 1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

April 11th 1936 - The SPEBSQSA (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America) was founded.

April 15th 1936 – Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.

April 15th 1936 – First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.

April 18th 1936 – The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.

April 18th 1936 - Benny Goodman and his trio recorded "China Boy."

April 27th 1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.

May 5th 1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

May 5th 1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.

May 9th 1936 - The first sheet of postage stamps of more than one variety went on sale in New York City.

May 28th 1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.

May 28th 1936 – Klaipėda Radio Station begins regular broadcasting.

June 10th 1936 – The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.

June 11th 1936 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.

June 28th 1936 – The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.

June 28th 1936 - The Empire State Building television transmitter was used to demonstrate high definition television (343 lines) to RCA's Licensees.

June 30th 1936 - Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published. 

June 30th 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.

July 29th 1936 - RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show & monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)

August 3rd 1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.

August 3rd 1936 – A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.

August 31st 1936 – Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

September 9th 1936 – The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.

September 10th 1936 – First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium

September 11th 1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada was dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by turning on the dam's first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam.

September 19th 1936 - "Indian Love Call" was recorded by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.

September 23rd 1936 – First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.

October 1st 1936 – Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.

October 2nd 1936: New York Yankees defeated New York Giants 18-4, at Polo Grounds, NY, in Game Two of that year's World Series.
An 8-year-old boy named Vin Scully, who lived in the area, saw the results of this game and felt a pang of sympathy for the Giants; since he lived near the Polo Grounds and was able to attend many games for free, he became a "very big Giants fan". Mr. Scully decided at this point in his life, that he wanted to become a sports announcer, by listening to football broadcasts on the radio and enjoying them.



80 years later, on October 2nd, 2016... Scully called the final game of his career and shared this moment on the airwaves.

October 25th 1936:
The alliance soon to be known as the Rome-Berlin Axis was formed when Germany and Italy agreed on a pact.
The Rexist "March on Brussels" ended up as an embarrassment due to low turnout and rowdiness by those who did show up. Several hundred arrests were made and Rexist leader Léon Degrelle was taken into custody when he tried to address his followers, though he was soon released.
510 tons of "Moscow gold" departed Cartagena for Odessa.

Born: Martin Gilbert, historian, in London, England (d. 2015); Masako Nozawa, actress, in Tokyo, Japan
Died: Robert Temple Emmet, 81, U.S. Army Colonel

October 26th 1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.

October 27th 1936 – Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.

November 3rd, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over Kansas Governor Alf Landon. Farmers support Roosevelt.

November 8th 1936 – Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.

November 23rd 1936 – Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

November 25th 1936 – In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.

Also on November 25th 1936: Edward VIII met with Stanley Baldwin again and said he wanted a morganatic marriage that would allow him to remain King while Wallis Simpson would be designated his consort instead of Queen. This arrangement would require new legislation and though Baldwin said this would not be acceptable, he would take the matter up with the Cabinet.

November 30th 1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

December 5th 1936 – The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.

December 7th 1936 – Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

December 30th 1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

Jan. 1st, 1937: Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.

January 1st 1937 - The First Cotton Bowl football game was played in Dallas, TX. Texas Christian University (T.C.U.) beat Marquette, 16-6.

January 15th 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.

January 25th 1937: Soap opera The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it would move to CBS television, where it would remain on the air until September 18, 2009.

February 16th 1937: Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.

March 2nd 1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.

May 6th 1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

May 12th 1937 – The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.

May 27th 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge -- at the time the world's longest suspension bridge by span -- opened between San Francisco and Marin County, California.

June 30th 1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.

The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 was passed in America on August 2nd of that year. Its effect was to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.

It would be overturned in 1969 in Leary v. United States, and be repealed by Congress a year later.

August 12th 1937 - Red Skelton appeared on network radio for the first time on the "Rudy Vallee Show" on NBC.

August 14th 1937 - The Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Browns set an American League record for most runs scored combined in a doubleheader with 36.

August 16th 1937 - Harvard University became the first school to have graduate courses in traffic engineering and administration.

August 18th 1937 - The first FM radio construction permit was issued in Boston, MA. The station went on the air two years later

September 6th 1937 - Benny Goodman and his orchestra recorded "Sugar Foot Stomp."

September 17th 1937 - First NFL game in Washington, DC; Washington Redskins beat New York Giants 13-3.

September 17th 1937 - The head of Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore is dedicated in Black Hills, South Dakota.

September 17th 1937 - The head of Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore is dedicated in Black Hills, South Dakota.
One of the sights of the USA I still wish to see.

September 22nd 1937 - Red Norvo and his orchestra recorded the "Russian Lullaby."

September 22nd 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.

September 25th 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan

September 27th 1937 - First Santa Claus school opens (Albion, New York).

September 27th 1937 - US President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon).

october 2nd 1937 - Warner Bros. released "Love Is on the Air." Ronald Reagan made his acting debut in the motion picture. He was 26 years old.

October 2nd 1937 – Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.

October 6th 1937 - "Hobby Lobby" debuted on CBS radio.

October 10th 1937 - The Mutual Broadcasting System debuted "Thirty Minutes in Hollywood".

October 12th 1937 - "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons" debuted on radio.

October 13th 1937 - The FCC adopted new television allocations including seven channels between 44 and 108 MHz and 12 channels between 165 and 194 MHz.

October 15th 1937 - "To Have and Have Not" by Ernest Hemingway was published for the first time.

October 19th 1937 - "Big Town" made its debut on CBS.

October 19th 1937 - "Woman's Day" was published for the first time.

November 1st 1937 - "Hilltop House" was aired for the first time on CBS Radio.

November 1st 1937 - "Terry and the Pirates" debuted on NBC Radio.

November 13th 1937 - NBC formed the first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio broadcasting. The conductor for its first 17 years was Arturo Toscanini.

December 22nd 1937: The Lincoln Tunnel, connecting New York City to Weehawken, New Jersey, opened.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Lincolntunnel.jpg

January 3rd 1938: The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

January 16th 1938: Benny Goodman and his band performed in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

February 12th, 1938

3rd British Empire Games close in Sydney, Australia.

April 30th 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).

June 9th 1938 - BBC-TV televised coverage of the Trooping of the Colour ceremony for the first time.

August 13th 1938 - Robert Johnson played a show at a roadhouse outside Greenwood, MS. It has been speculated that Johnson was poisoned after the show which caused his death several days later.

September 27th 1938 - "Thanks for the Memory" was heard for the first time on the "The Bob Hope Show."

October 30th 1938 - Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, causing a nationwide (USA) panic. About a million radio listeners believe that a real Martian invasion is underway.

October 31st 1938 – Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

November 1st 1938 – Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

November 2nd 1938 - It was announced that George Herman "Babe" Ruth had applied for the job of Manager of the St. Louis Browns after being released as a coach from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

November 14th 1938 – The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

November 15th 1938 - The US Mint releases the President Thomas Jefferson 5-cent coin to circulation.

November 22nd 1938 - Bunny Berigan and his orchestra recorded "Jelly Roll Blues."

February 5th 1939 – Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.

February 23rd 1939 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Special Award) to Walt Disney for screen innovation for the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Disney is presented one statuette and seven miniature statuettes.

February 25th 1939 – The first of 2​1⁄2 million Anderson air raid shelters appeared in North London.

February 27th 1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.

March 15th 1939: Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.

April 9th 1939 – Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.

April 17th 1939 - Joe Louis knocks out Jack Roper in one for heavyweight boxing title.

April 30th 1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.

April 30th 1939 – The 1939-40 New York World's Fair opens.

May 13th 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.

May 17th 1939 - The first fashion to be shown on television was broadcast in New York from the Ritz-Carleton Hotel.

May 19th 1929 - Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium, New York; two people crushed to death.

May 20th 1939 - A bicycle race from Madison Square Garden to the NBC-TV studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in Manhattan was first telecast over telephone wires.

May 22nd 1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.

May 22nd 1939 – The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

May 23rd 1939 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

May 25th 1939 - Carl Storck becomes the second NFL president.

June 12th 1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.

June 12th 1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.


O0  I visited there - it's awesome!

O0  I visited there - it's awesome!
Another place I failed to visit on my NYC visit.

June 12th 1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.

June 14th 1939 - Ethel Waters became the first African-American to perform on television.

June 24th 1939 ~ The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.

July 2nd 1939 - At Mount Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt's face was dedicated.

July 3rd 1939 - Chic Young’s comic strip character, "Blondie" was first heard on CBS radio.

July 3rd 1939 - Lou Gehrig day; baseball player Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech.

July 3rd 1939 - Lou Gehrig day; baseball player Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech.

Actually I believe it was the next day when he made his famous speech.

July 4th 1939: Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig#%22The_luckiest_man_on_the_face_of_the_earth%22

July 10th 1929 - Distribution of reduced size paper money begins in the USA.

July 10th 1929 - Distribution of reduced size paper money begins in the USA.


That was 90 years ago.


July 21st 1939 - The Constitution of Slovakia came into effect.

August 13th 1939 - New York Yankees set American League shutout margin with 21-0 victory over Philadelphia Athletics.

August 14th 1939 - First night games at Comiskey Park (Chicago White Sox 5, Saint Louis Browns 2).

August 15th 1939: The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.

We missed an anniversary...

May 1, 1939 - Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27. Bob Kane and Bill Finger's Caped Crusader got his own comic book title in 1940.

August 20th 1939 - The National Bowling Association was founded in Detroit, MI. It was the first bowling association in the U.S. for African- Americans.

August 23rd 1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.

August 25th 1939 - The movie "Wizard of Oz" opened around the United States.

August 25th 1939 – The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.

August 30th 1939 - New York Yankees' Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph).

August 31st 1939 - Frank Sinatra recorded "All or Nothing at All" with the Harry James Band.

August 31st 1939 – Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.

September 1st 1939:

World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.

September 3rd 1939: Britain declares war on Germany after invasion of Poland. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada.

September 10th 1939 - An article in the New York Times newspaper refers to the conflict in Poland as the "Second World War".

September 10th 1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

September 10th 1939 - The US extends its embargo on arms shipments to Canada.

September 10th 1939 – World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.

September 17th 1939 - The Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.

September 17th 1939 - The Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.

Two days later: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.

One thing not related to WWII occurring on this day, was the first appearance of DC Comics superhero, Batman (Detective Comics #27, 1939).

October 5th 1939 - "I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now" was recorded by Perry Como and the Ted Weem's Orchestra.

October 6, 1939 - Hitler claims: No war with Britain or France, plans to "regulate Jewish problem."

- Last Polish army defeated in WWII.

October 15th 1939 - New York Municipal Airport was dedicated. The name was later changed to La Guardia Airport.

October 16th 1939 - "Right To Happiness" debuted on the NBC-Blue network.

October 17, 1939 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is released. Directed by Frank Capra and starring Jimmy Stewart.

October 24th 1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.

November 9th 1939: The MGM film Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo in the title role, premieres in theatres.

November 15th 1939: In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

November 26th 1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.

November 27th 1939 - The play "Key Largo," by Maxwell Anderson, opened in New York.

December 4th 1939: During WWII, HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

December 24th 1939: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

January 28th 1940 - "Beat the Band" made its debut on NBC radio.

February 10, 1940 - Tom and Jerry debut in the animated short, Puss Gets the Boot, released by MGM. Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera (later of Hanna-Barbera fame), with Rudolph Ising (of animation duo Harman and Ising).

February 10, 1940 - Tom and Jerry debut in the animated short, Puss Gets the Boot, released by MGM. Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera (later of Hanna-Barbera fame), with Rudolph Ising (of animation duo Harman and Ising).
Two days after...

February 12th 1940 - Mutual Radio presented the first broadcast of the radio play "The Adventures of Superman."

February 13th 1940 - Donald Bradman scores 209 in 161 minutes for South Australia at the WACA.

February 25th 1940 - The New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens played in the first hockey game to be televised in the U.S. The game was aired on W2WBS in New York with one camera in a fixed position. The Rangers beat the Canadiens 6-2.

February 26th 1940 - US Air Defense Command established at Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York.

February 27th 1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.

February 29th 1940: At the 12th Academy Awards, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award. She won for her performance as Mammy in Gone With The Wind.

March 5th 1940 – Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.

March 10th 1940 - W2XBS-TV in New York City aired the first televised opera as it presented scenes from "I Pagliacci".

March 12th 1940 – Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.

March 13th 1940 - The war between Russia and Finland ended with the signing of a treaty in Moscow.

March 18th 1940 - The soap opera "Light of the World" was first heard on NBC radio.

March 23rd 1940 - Four CBS radio stations in the USA begin airing game show “Truth or Consequences”, produced and hosted by Ralph Edwards.

March 24th 1940 - The New York City NBC station W2XBS became the first to televise religious services.

March 29th 1940 - Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paycheck in two rounds to retain heavyweight boxing title.

March 30th 1940 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.

March 31st 1940 - La Guardia airport in New York officially opened to the public.

April 2nd 1940 - Walt Disney Productions first offers shares in the company to the public. 155,000 shares of preferred stock are offered at US$25 per share, and 600,000 of common stock for US$5 per share. US$3.5 million is raised from the stock offering.

Two days ago...

April 7th 1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.

April 9th 1940 – World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.

April 12th 1940 - NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards.

April 13th 1940 - Cornelious Warmerdam becomes the first man to pole vault 15 feet, Berkeley, California.

April 21st 1940 - "Take It or Leave It" premiered on CBS Radio.

April 22nd 1940 - Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before the US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right).

April 25th 1940 - W2XBS (now WCBS-TV) in New York City presented the first circus on TV.

April 28th 1930 – The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.

May 5th 1940 – World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.

May 5th 1940 – World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.

May 7th 1940 – World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.

May 10th 1940 – World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.

May 12th 1940 - The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River.

May 13th 1940 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.

May 14th 1940 - The Netherlands surrendered to Nazi Germany after Rotterdam wass bombed by the German Luftwaffe.

May 15th 1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.

May 15th 1940 - First successful helicopter flight in the US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300.

May 15th 1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the U.S.

May 25th 1940 - The Golden Gate International Exposition opens for a second season, at San Francisco's Treasure Island.

May 25th 1940 – World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.

May 26th 1940 – World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.

May 27th 1940 – World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.

May 28th 1940 – World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.

May 28th 1940 – World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.

May 29th 1940 - Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 seconds).

June 3rd 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.

June 4th 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

June 4th 1940 - First National League night game at Sportsman's Park (Brooklyn Dodgers 10, Saint Louis Cardinals 1).

June 8th 1940 – World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.

June 9th 1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.

June 10th 1940 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

June 10th 1940 – World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.

The following events occurred on June 14th 1940:
- The German occupation of Paris begins. (WWII)
- The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
- The Auschwitz concentration camp got its first inmates: 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów.

June 21st 1940 – The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

June 22nd 1940 – World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car which the Germans used to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

June 24th 1940 - TV cameras were used for the first time in a political convention as the Republicans convened in Philadelphia, PA.

June 25th 1940 – World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.

June 29th 1940 - US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register.

July 2nd 1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.

July 23rd 1940: Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State, issued a declaration that the U.S. government would not recognize the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic states.

August 29th 1940 - Peter Goldmark of CBS announced his invention of a color TV system.

August 30th 1940: The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.

August 31st 1940 - Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Leigh were married.

September 12th 1940: Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France. Elsewhere, the Hercules Powder Plant Disaster in the United States kills 51 people and injures over 200.

September 15th 1940 – World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Luftwaffe launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.

September 27th 1940 – World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.

October 7th 1940 – World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.

November 2nd 1940 – World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.

November 5th 1940 – World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMS Jervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.

November 5th 1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

November 7th 1940 - In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

November 8th 1940 – Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.

November 9th 1940 – Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.

Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Polish King Stanisław II August and is one of the oldest military decorations in the world still in use.

November 10th 1940 – The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.

November 11th 1940 – World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.

November 13th 1940: Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.

November 13th 1940: Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.


Beat me to it. Walt planned for Fantasia to be the first surround sound film, utilizing it for the "Flight of the Bumblebee" sequence. The format was called Fantasound.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_%281940_film%29#Fantasound

Beat me to it. Walt planned for Fantasia to be the first surround sound film, utilizing it for the "Flight of the Bumblebee" sequence. The format was called Fantasound.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_%281940_film%29#Fantasound


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November 22nd 1940, During World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

November 23rd 1940 – World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

One day late... on November 30th 1940, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz married in a private ceremony.

They would divorce in 1960, half a year shy of their 20th anniversary.

December 10, 1940: The Battle of Sidi Barrani began as British forces launched an offensive to retake the Egyptian port of Sidi Barrani.

December 14th 1940 - Plutonium (specifically the Pu-238 isotope) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

December 21, 1940: The RAF bombed docks and oil tanks at Porto Marghera, Italy.

December 27th 1940: The drama film Kitty Foyle starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan and James Craig was released. A style of dress worn by Rogers in the hit film became popular throughout the 1940s, known as a Kitty Foyle dress.

December 29th 1940: During WWII, the Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

January 3rd 1941:

The 77th United States Congress began.
The results of a Gallup poll were published asking Americans, "Do you think our country's future safety depends on England winning this war?" 68% said yes, 26% said no and 6% expressed no opinion.

January 4, 1941: Allied forces reached Bardia and took many Italian troops prisoner.

January 5th 1941 – 37-year-old pilot Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.

January 6th 1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.

January 10, 1941: The British began Operation Excess, a series of supply convoys to Malta, Alexandria and Greece.

January 18th 1941 - During World War II, British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.

January 19th 1941 – World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Falkonera.

January 20th 1941 - Franklin Roosevelt took the oath of office for the third time; he would be the only President to do so because the 22nd Amendment was ratified ten years later.

January 23rd 1941, Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

February 4th 1941 - The United Service Organization (USO) was created to entertain American troops.

March 2nd 1941: During World War II, the First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.

March 7th 1941, The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 11th 1941: During WWII, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.

March 15th 1941:

Philippine Airlines enters service, making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
American musician Mike Love was born.

March 27th 1941 - During World War II, A group of Serbian-nationalist officers of the Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force carried out a coup d'état after Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers.

April 6th 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).

April 10th 1941 – World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.

April 14th 1941 – World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk in Libya.

April 15, 1941: Sarajevo surrendered to the Germans.

May 2nd 1941, Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.

May 5th 1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.

May 10th 1941 – World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.

May 10th 1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.

May 12th 1941 – Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.

May 13th 1941 – World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.

May 15th 1941: Joe DiMaggio began his 56-game hitting streak.

May 20th 1941 – World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.

May 23rd 1941 - Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on disqualification in 7 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.

1941 – World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.

June 1st 1941 - Mel Ott hit the 400th home run of his career. He also drove in his 1,500th career run.

June 22nd 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.

June 23rd 1941 - Lena Horne recorded "St. Louis Blues".

June 26th 1941 – World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.

July 5th 1941 – World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.

July 7th 1941 – The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.

July 26th 1941: During WWII, In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments.

September 18, 1941: The Soviet Union announced conscription for all males aged 16–50.

November 11, 1941: A general election was held in the Philippines. Incumbent President Manuel L. Quezon won an unprecedented second term.

December 12th 1941: During World War II, 54 Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.

This was five days after the Pearl Harbor incident.

December 12th 1941: During World War II, 54 Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.

This was five days after the Pearl Harbor incident.
Batangas is on my must visit list when I get back to the Philippines.

Batangas is on my must visit list when I get back to the Philippines.

Hopefully you'll get there.

That, of course, is a part of the world I have been nowhere near, but I do know some people who are originally from Philippines.

On topic... December 21st 1941, during World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.

On topic... December 21st 1941, during World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.

Two days later, on the 23rd: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.

December 26th 1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

(Previously it had been designated as the last Thursday in November, but the last Thursday isn't always necessarily the fourth Thursday. There are two scenarios in which this is the case.)

December 28th 1941, during World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

13 January 1942: Henry Ford patented a soybean car, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.

March 9th 1942 – World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.

March 18th 1942 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9102, creating the War Relocation Authority, which was charged with overseeing the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

March 21st 1942:
- The last British cavalry charge in history occurred when about 60 Sikh sowars of the Burma Frontier Force attacked Japanese infantry at Taungoo. Most were killed.
- German submarines U-442 and U-517 were commissioned.

April 17th 1942 - French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.

April 18th 1942 - Jawaharlal Nehru pledged "no surrender" to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's independence plan.

May 4th 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.

May 10th 1942 – World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.

May 15th 1942 – During World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.

May 29th 1942: Bing Crosby recorded his version of the song "White Christmas", which went on to become the best-selling single worldwide, with more than 50 million copies sold.

June 4th 1942 ~ World War II: The Battle of Midway, a major battle of the Pacific War, began with a massive Japanese offensive on American forces on Midway Atoll.

June 12th 1942: Anne Frank turned 13 and received a diary for her birthday.

July 4th 1942 – World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.

July 10, 1942 – An American naval aviator discovered a downed Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island, Alaska, which was later rebuilt and flown to devise tactics against that type of aircraft.

July 22nd 1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.

August 6th 1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

August 11th 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system... which later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi.

August 13th 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

August 23rd 1942 – World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.

October 2nd 1942: During WWII, HMS Curacoa was accidentally rammed and sunk by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from submarine attacks. :o

October 11th 1942 – World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

October 26th 1942 – World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.

November 4th 1942 – World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.

November 9th 1942 – World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.

November 10th 1942 – World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.

November 19th 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

November 19th 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

The next day, Joe Biden (the 46th and current President of the United States), was born!

November 26th 1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.

January 11th 1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.

January 15th 1943 – The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington County, Virginia.

January 15th 1943 – World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.

February 2nd 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.

February 6th 1943 - Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radio's "Your Hit Parade."

February 7th 1943 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.

February 10th 1943 – World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.

February 18th 1943 – The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo in Munich, bringing the group's activities to an end.

March 15th 1943 – World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies.

April 7th 1943 – The National Football League makes helmets mandatory.

April 16th 1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.

April 18th 1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

May 17th 1943 – World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.

May 20th 1943 – The Luttra Woman, a bog body from the Early Neolithic period (radiocarbon-dated c. 3928–3651 BC), was discovered near Luttra, Sweden.

June 3rd 1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.