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The Soviets take position of the Vilnius territory, in Lithuania.
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Anne frank:Anne tries to reason with Mr. Dussel to allow her to use the table in their room two afternoons a week, so that she can get some of her work done. Mr. Dussel scoffs at her, suggesting that her "work" in mythology is not real work at all.
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The first troop of the Brazilian Expeditionary arrive in Italy.
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Anne Frank:
Robbers are again in the office, only this time for real. They steal blank checks, cashboxes, and the Secret Annex’s ration coupons for 330 pounds of sugar. -
North Amsterdam is heavily bombed and go donw in ruins. Hundreds of Jews were killed.
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The Operation Bellicose targeting of Friedrichshafen Würzburg radars is the first bombing of a V-2 rocket factory.
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The allies bomb Rome for the first time.
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Americans capture Palermo.
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"Majdanek" Concentration camp is libarated by the Soviets.
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Mussolini is arrested and banished of his offices after a meeting with Italian King Victor Emmanuel III, who chooses Marshal Pietro Badoglio to form a new government.
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Nothing happens in the Secret Annexe. Some bombs fell nearby, and frightening everybody.
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The Red army take the Brest-Litovsky territory. It was the peace land of the Russo-German during world war I.
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Anne Frank:
Anne describes the first thing each person wants when they get out of the Secret Annex:
Mr. and Mrs. van Daan: a hot bath.
Mr. Dussel: to see his girlfriend.
Mrs. Frank: a cup of real coffee.
Mr. Frank: to see Mr. Voskuijl (the nice guy who is dying of cancer).
Peter: to go downtown.
Anne: for her family to have a home of their own again so she can move about freely. -
Operation Tidal Wave: Oil refineries at Ploiești, Romania, are bombed by U.S. IX Bomber Command.
Japan declares independence for the State of Burma under Ba Maw. -
Anne Frank:
Anne describes a "typical" evening and night in the Secret Annex: getting ready for bed at 9pm, everyone waiting to use the sink, saying goodnights, Mr. Dussel loudly shuffling around, etc.
Anne writes a description of Mr. Dussel’s night sounds, which isn’t pretty. -
2,897 Romani are gassed when their camp at Auschwitz is liquidated.
John F. Kennedy's is rammed in two and sunk off the Solomon Islands.