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Sunk by Jap submarine off Hawaii; survivors land, Maui beach
Brit enter Cirene and Appolonia; Itals try to check El Abiar advance; Germans fall back toward Agedabia; Brit motorized unit raids 150 mi into Tripolitania, destroys Axis garrison; RAF raids Tripoli and other points; map
Churchill, accompanied by Lord Beaverbrook, W A Harriman and staff arrives, Wash
Davao situation obscure
Berne rumors spread
1941Peter Davis, English businessman[†]
Sir Peter John Davis is a British businessman, who was, from 2000 to 2004, the CEO of J Sainsbury plc, which operates the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's.
1941Tim Hardin, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 1980)[†]
James Timothy Hardin was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs "If I Were a Carpenter", "Reason to Believe", "Misty Roses" and "The Lady Came from Baltimore" were hits for other artists.
1941World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.[†]
The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on Wake Island. The assault began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor naval and air bases in Hawaii on the morning of 8 December 1941, and ended on 23 December, with the surrender of American forces to the Empire of Japan. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its minor islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land, and naval forces of the Japanese Empire against those of the United States, with marines playing a prominent role on both sides.