Death of William Leahy, 1875
Birth of Maxwell Aitken, 1879
Birth of Wilhelm List, 1880
Birth of Władysław Sikorski, 1881
Birth of Jan Jankowski, 1882
Birth of Archibald Wavell, 1883
Birth of Harry Truman, 1884
Birth of Yasuji Okamura, 1884
Birth of Edvard Beneš, 1884
Birth of Soemu Toyoda, 1885
Birth of Richmond Turner, 1885
Birth of Kurt von Briesen, 1886
Birth of Willis Lee, 1888
Birth of William Simpson, 1888
Birth of Harukichi Hyakutake, 1888
Birth of Erik Hansen, 1889
Birth of Alfred Jodl, 1890
Birth of Kurt Student, 1890
Birth of Anton Dostler, 1891
Birth of Napoleon Zervas, 1891
Birth of Josip Tito, 1892
Birth of Josef Dietrich, 1892
Birth of Charles Portal, 1893
Birth of Anton Mussert, 1894
Birth of Mark Clark, 1896
Birth of Konrad Henlein, 1898
Birth of Hans Frank, 1900
Birth of Joseph O'Callahan, 1905
Birth of Jacqueline Cochran, 1906
Birth of Donald Bennett, 1915
Birth of Morihiro, 1916
Birth of Jack Knight, 1917
Birth of John Kennedy, 1917
Birth of John Birch, 1918
First Battle of Hebei, 1933
Maiden Flight of Aircraft P-36 Hawk, 1935
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Hs 123, 1935
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Bf 109, 1935
Invasion of Abyssinia, 1935
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Bf 110, 1936
Commission of the Ship Dunkerque, 1937
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Ar 196, 1937
Commission of the Ship Grom, 1937
Battle of Xuzhou, 1938
Battle of Amoy, 1938
Commission of the Ship Enterprise, 1938
Commission of the Ship Gneisenau, 1938
Maiden Flight of Aircraft CR.42 Falco, 1938
Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang, 1939
Commission of the Ship Ascari, 1939
Nomonhan Incident, 1939
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Stirling, 1939
Commission of the Ship Saint Louis, 1939
Commission of the Ship Chikuma, 1939
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Re.2000 Falco I, 1939
Katyn Massacre and Related Atrocities, 1940
Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang, 1940
Maiden Flight of Aircraft SBD Dauntless, 1940
Sinking of the Ship Grom, 1940
Commission of the Ship Littorio, 1940
Invasion of France and the Low Countries, 1940
Commission of the Ship Illustrious, 1940
Maiden Flight of Aircraft F4U Corsair, 1940
Invasion of Italian East Africa, 1941
Maiden Flight of Aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt, 1941
Commission of the Ship Victorious, 1941
Commission of the Ship Graph, 1941
Commission of the Ship Washington, 1941
Commission of the Ship Grampus, 1941
Battle of Denmark Strait, 1941
Sinking of the Ship Hood, 1941
Sinking of the Ship Bismarck, 1941
Invasion of Philippines, 1941
Invasion of Burma, 1942
Maiden Flight of Aircraft P-61 Black Widow, 1942
Second Battle of Kharkov, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Kikuzuki, 1942
Madagascar Campaign, 1942
Battle of Coral Sea, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Shoho, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Sims, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Lexington (Lexington-class), 1942
Commission of the Ship Bailey, 1942
Commission of the Ship Massachusetts, 1942
Commission of the Ship Lardner, 1942
Commission of the Ship Corsaro, 1942
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Boomerang, 1942
Commission of the Ship Unyo, 1942
Britain Broke the Blockade, 1942
North African Campaign, Phase 3, 1942
Uprising in the Ghetto, 1943
Commission of the Ship New Jersey, 1943
Sinking of the Ship Kinai Maru, 1943
Trident Conference, 1943
Dambuster Raid, 1943
Commission of the Ship Sproston, 1943
Commission of the Ship Kimberly, 1943
Commission of the Ship Bunker Hill, 1943
Commission of the Ship Cowpens, 1943
Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic, 1943
Operation Cockpit and Operation Transom, 1944
Commission of the Ship Ticonderoga, 1944
Death of Muriel Byck, 1944
Brittany Campaign, 1944
Battle of Berlin, 1945
Battle of Rangoon, 1945
Death of Joseph Göbbels, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Brummer, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Admiral Hipper, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Emden, 1945
Death of Fedor von Bock, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Luce, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Schlesien, 1945
Germany's Surrender, 1945
Death of Konrad Henlein, 1945
Death of Kiyoshi Ogawa, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Haguro, 1945
Death of Heinrich Himmler, 1945
Commission of the Ship Bataan (Tribal-class), 1945
Death of Anton Mussert, 1946
Death of Theodore Morell, 1948
Death of Damaskinos, 1949
Death of Archibald Wavell, 1950
Death of Thomas Blamey, 1951
Death of Heinz Guderian, 1954
Death of Robert Capa, 1954
Death of Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1955
Death of Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, 1964
Death of Kichisaburo Nomura, 1964
Death of Husband Kimmel, 1968
Death of Philip Vian, 1968
Death of Eu Yi, 1970
Death of Audie Murphy, 1971
Death of Alexander Vandegrift, 1973
Death of Ivan Koniev, 1973
Death of Guy Simonds, 1974
Death of Leslie Gehres, 1975
Death of Mitsuo Fuchida, 1976
Death of Ba Maw, 1977
Death of Josip Tito, 1980
Death of Claude Auchinleck, 1981
Death of Walther Wenck, 1982
Death of Tsuneyoshi, 1992
Death of Yue Xue, 1998
Birth of Maxwell Aitken, 1879
Birth of Wilhelm List, 1880
Birth of Władysław Sikorski, 1881
Birth of Jan Jankowski, 1882
Birth of Archibald Wavell, 1883
Birth of Harry Truman, 1884
Birth of Yasuji Okamura, 1884
Birth of Edvard Beneš, 1884
Birth of Soemu Toyoda, 1885
Birth of Richmond Turner, 1885
Birth of Kurt von Briesen, 1886
Birth of Willis Lee, 1888
Birth of William Simpson, 1888
Birth of Harukichi Hyakutake, 1888
Birth of Erik Hansen, 1889
Birth of Alfred Jodl, 1890
Birth of Kurt Student, 1890
Birth of Anton Dostler, 1891
Birth of Napoleon Zervas, 1891
Birth of Josip Tito, 1892
Birth of Josef Dietrich, 1892
Birth of Charles Portal, 1893
Birth of Anton Mussert, 1894
Birth of Mark Clark, 1896
Birth of Konrad Henlein, 1898
Birth of Hans Frank, 1900
Birth of Joseph O'Callahan, 1905
Birth of Jacqueline Cochran, 1906
Birth of Donald Bennett, 1915
Birth of Morihiro, 1916
Birth of Jack Knight, 1917
Birth of John Kennedy, 1917
Birth of John Birch, 1918
First Battle of Hebei, 1933
Maiden Flight of Aircraft P-36 Hawk, 1935
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Hs 123, 1935
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Bf 109, 1935
Invasion of Abyssinia, 1935
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Bf 110, 1936
Commission of the Ship Dunkerque, 1937
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Ar 196, 1937
Commission of the Ship Grom, 1937
Battle of Xuzhou, 1938
Battle of Amoy, 1938
Commission of the Ship Enterprise, 1938
Commission of the Ship Gneisenau, 1938
Maiden Flight of Aircraft CR.42 Falco, 1938
Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang, 1939
Commission of the Ship Ascari, 1939
Nomonhan Incident, 1939
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Stirling, 1939
Commission of the Ship Saint Louis, 1939
Commission of the Ship Chikuma, 1939
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Re.2000 Falco I, 1939
Katyn Massacre and Related Atrocities, 1940
Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang, 1940
Maiden Flight of Aircraft SBD Dauntless, 1940
Sinking of the Ship Grom, 1940
Commission of the Ship Littorio, 1940
Invasion of France and the Low Countries, 1940
Commission of the Ship Illustrious, 1940
Maiden Flight of Aircraft F4U Corsair, 1940
Invasion of Italian East Africa, 1941
Maiden Flight of Aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt, 1941
Commission of the Ship Victorious, 1941
Commission of the Ship Graph, 1941
Commission of the Ship Washington, 1941
Commission of the Ship Grampus, 1941
Battle of Denmark Strait, 1941
Sinking of the Ship Hood, 1941
Sinking of the Ship Bismarck, 1941
Invasion of Philippines, 1941
Invasion of Burma, 1942
Maiden Flight of Aircraft P-61 Black Widow, 1942
Second Battle of Kharkov, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Kikuzuki, 1942
Madagascar Campaign, 1942
Battle of Coral Sea, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Shoho, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Sims, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Lexington (Lexington-class), 1942
Commission of the Ship Bailey, 1942
Commission of the Ship Massachusetts, 1942
Commission of the Ship Lardner, 1942
Commission of the Ship Corsaro, 1942
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Boomerang, 1942
Commission of the Ship Unyo, 1942
Britain Broke the Blockade, 1942
North African Campaign, Phase 3, 1942
Uprising in the Ghetto, 1943
Commission of the Ship New Jersey, 1943
Sinking of the Ship Kinai Maru, 1943
Trident Conference, 1943
Dambuster Raid, 1943
Commission of the Ship Sproston, 1943
Commission of the Ship Kimberly, 1943
Commission of the Ship Bunker Hill, 1943
Commission of the Ship Cowpens, 1943
Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic, 1943
Operation Cockpit and Operation Transom, 1944
Commission of the Ship Ticonderoga, 1944
Death of Muriel Byck, 1944
Brittany Campaign, 1944
Battle of Berlin, 1945
Battle of Rangoon, 1945
Death of Joseph Göbbels, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Brummer, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Admiral Hipper, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Emden, 1945
Death of Fedor von Bock, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Luce, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Schlesien, 1945
Germany's Surrender, 1945
Death of Konrad Henlein, 1945
Death of Kiyoshi Ogawa, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Haguro, 1945
Death of Heinrich Himmler, 1945
Commission of the Ship Bataan (Tribal-class), 1945
Death of Anton Mussert, 1946
Death of Theodore Morell, 1948
Death of Damaskinos, 1949
Death of Archibald Wavell, 1950
Death of Thomas Blamey, 1951
Death of Heinz Guderian, 1954
Death of Robert Capa, 1954
Death of Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1955
Death of Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, 1964
Death of Kichisaburo Nomura, 1964
Death of Husband Kimmel, 1968
Death of Philip Vian, 1968
Death of Eu Yi, 1970
Death of Audie Murphy, 1971
Death of Alexander Vandegrift, 1973
Death of Ivan Koniev, 1973
Death of Guy Simonds, 1974
Death of Leslie Gehres, 1975
Death of Mitsuo Fuchida, 1976
Death of Ba Maw, 1977
Death of Josip Tito, 1980
Death of Claude Auchinleck, 1981
Death of Walther Wenck, 1982
Death of Tsuneyoshi, 1992
Death of Yue Xue, 1998
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