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Netherlands begins taxing wages
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World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
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World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort.
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Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)
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Italian counter offensive in Albania
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Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia
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British/Australian troops conquer Bardia, Libya
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Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet
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6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest, Romania
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Maiden flight by Canada's British-built Avro Lancaster military plane
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Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace" premieres in NYC
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Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews
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World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
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Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton
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US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor
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War Dept forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
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World War II: A counter-offensive is launched by the British against the Italians in East Africa
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British offensive in Eritrea
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Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC
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1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria
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1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX
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Australian and British troops attack Tobruk, Libya
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British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned
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1st mass killing of Jews in Romania
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British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians
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Groundbreaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
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WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC
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British troops march into Abyssinia
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Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
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Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor
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French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
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Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece
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Australian troops conquer Derna, Libya
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Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem, Netherlands
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British army Layforce commando units set sail
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner
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US Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours
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British tanks occupy Maus, Libya
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United Service Organization (USO) founded