This Day In History

1942 The Battle of Midway begins and results in a decisive American victory against Japan and marking the turning point of the war in the Pacific.  Capitol Record Company opens for business.  "Mrs Miniver" based on the novel by Jan Struther, directed by William Wyler and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon is released in the U.S. (Best Picture in 1943).

1943 Ramon Castillo, the President of Argentina was overthrown in a military coup by General Arturo Rawson & Colonel Juan Perón.  St Louis Cardinal Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter.

1944 Submarine U505 becomes the first German submarine captured & boarded by a U.S. Navy task group in the south Atlantic; it was the first such capture of an enemy vessel at sea by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812.  The U.S. 5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies. French General Charles De Gaulle arrives in London.  

1945 The 6th U.S. Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula, Okinawa.  The U.S., Russia, Britain & France agree to split occupied Germany.