Historic Places and Landmarks
Where it happened: the bridges, cities, buildings and landscapes that became the setting for history.
1942
1942 · Science
Chicago Pile-1 Achieves a Controlled Chain Reaction
December 2, 19421942
1942 · Nature & Disasters
The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
November 28, 19421942
1942 · War & Conflict
Operation Uranus Begins at Stalingrad
November 19, 19421942
1942 · War & Conflict
El Alamein: The Allied Offensive Opens
October 23, 19421942
1942 · War & Conflict
Japanese troops withdraw from Milne Bay
September 7, 19421941
1941 · War & Conflict
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
December 7, 19411941
1941 · Art & Literature
The Final Drilling at Mount Rushmore
October 31, 19411941
1941 · History
The Iron Guard launches a rebellion and pogrom in Bucharest
January 21, 19411940
1940 · Nature & Disasters
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapses
November 7, 19401938
1938 · Politics
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Dies at Dolmabahçe Palace
November 10, 19381937
1937 · War & Conflict
Japanese Forces Take Nanjing
December 13, 19371937
1937 · Politics