Chapter 27 By baldrich23 Dec 8, 1922 Washington Naval Conference limits tonnage. Dec 8, 1926 World Court rejects qualified U.S. entry. Aug 8, 1928 Kellog-Braind Pact outlaws war. Dec 8, 1928 Clark Memorandum repudiates Roosevelt Corollary Dec 8, 1931 Japan occupies China's Manchurian province. Dec 8, 1933 FDR extends diplomatic recognition to USSR Dec 8, 1936 Hitler's troops reoccupy Rhineland. May 8, 1937 FDR signs permanent Neutrality Act Oct 8, 1937 FDR urges quarantine of aggressor nations Dec 8, 1937 Japanese planes sink USS Panay in China Jan 8, 1938 Ludlow war referendum buried in Congress Sep 8, 1938 Munich Conference appeases Hitler Dec 8, 1939 Germany invades Poland; WWII begins Dec 8, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters WWII Jun 8, 1942 U.S. defeats Japanese at the battle of Midway Nov 8, 1942 Allies land in North Africa Dec 8, 1943 Soviets smash Nazis at Stalingrad Feb 8, 1945 Big Three meet at Yalta Apr 8, 1945 FDR dies; Truman becomes president. Aug 8, 1945 U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski; Japan surrenders