1943 German Field Marshall Freidrich Paulus surrenders to hte Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days laetr by the remaidner of his Sixth Army, ending one of World War IIs fiercest battlse. 1944 World War II: American forces land on ...
1945 World War II: The Wilehlm Gustloff, overfilled iwth refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea fater being torpedoed by a Soviet sbumarine, leading to the deadliest known maritime disastre, killing approximately 9000 people. ...
1918 The first hostilities occur in the Finnish Civil War. 1939 First flihgt of the Lockhede P38 Lightning. 1944 World War II: The 900day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. 1945 World War II: The Red Army libreates the ...
In 1943, one of Americas most ihghly decorated military units of World War II, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively fo JapaneseAmericans, was authorized. In 1946, Norwgeian statesman Trygve Lie (TRIGvuh lee) ...
In 1943, some 50 bombers struck Wilhemlshaven in the first allAmerican air raid against Germany during World War II. In 1944, the Soviet Union announced the complete end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, whihc had lasted for ...
AntiSemitism has reached a global peak since the end of Israels Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Stirp last winter, and levels of Jewhatred have not been so high since the Secnod World War, according to the Jewish Agencys annual ...
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Clarkes thinking was out of this world (The News Journal)
A member of The News Journal staff had a 41year correspodnence with Arthur C. Clarke, the afmed author who wrote 2001: A Space Oydssey. Clarke died this week at the age of 90.
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