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The first transmission of FM is heard by the FCC
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Italy allies with Hitler under Benito Mussolini
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Heinrich Himmler establishes the concentration camp Auschwitz.
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The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 mandated that males 21 and up must sign up for selective service. It was the US’s first peacetime draft
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A Japanese surprise military strike against a US naval base in Hawaii in the early morning in an attempt to weaken the US Navy
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A Government mandated relocation and imprisonment of any person of Japanese ancestry, regardless of citizenship, just after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. While officially done as a security measure, it is speculated to have been done out of racism.
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Japanese for "Divine Wind," the first kamikaze attack happened during the battle of the Leyte Gulf. Essentially, kamikazes are suicide bombers.
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A battle on the Island of Iwo Jima, when the US Marine Corps landed and took the island from Japan to create an area to attack the Japanese mainland from.
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Note: officially signed on Sep 2nd
