4

Evelone (Eva) Maude Matson (Perry) 85

3

William Nephi Lowe 73 died
Mary Louisa Powell (Lowe) 63
Edith Estella Perry (Snow) 61
Elisha Peck Jr. 71
Elizabeth Jane Wilson (Peck) 66

2

Earl Franklin Lowe 39
Jessie Marlene Snow (Lowe) 36
Harry Chester Peterson 40
Mada Elizabeth Peck (Peterson) 40

1

Lynn Thomas Lowe 3

General

Population: 2.35 Billion*

• Entertainment: Writers include Albert Camus, TS Eliot, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Sartre, Upton Sinclair, Thornton Wilder, CS Lewis (Screwtape Letters), Camus' "The Stranger"
  Hopper's "Nighthawks" painted
  Films include "Bambi" (Disney), "Holiday Inn" (Bing Crosby), Bogart and Ingrid Bergman start in Casablanca
  Music includes Aaron Copland (Rodeo), Gian Carlo Menotti, Richard Strauss, Irving Berlin (White Christmas), Bing Crosby, Alveno Rey (Deep in the Heart of Texas), Jimmy Dorsey
• Science: Neo-Darwinian publications increase
  Enrico Fermi splits the atom - first controlled atomic chain reaction
• Sports: Pole vault record at 3.77 meters
  Joe Louis retains boxing title
• Technology: First electronic digital computer built
  Jenry J Kaiser develops techniques for building 10k ton ships in four days
  AC Hartley invents device for clearing fog from airfields (FIDO)
  Max Muller of Junkers develops turbo-prop engine
  Werner von Braun's rocket breaks sound barrier
  First electronic brain (automatic computer) developed in US
  Magnetic recording tape invented
  Jacques Coustrau and Emile Gagnan invent the aqua-lung
• WWII: the 26 allies pledge not to make separate peace treaties with the enemies – the term United Nations achieves world-wide prominence
• Deaths: Admiral Darlan assassinated, John Barrymore, William Flinders Petrie (ENG), English artist Philip Wilson Steer

Africa

• General: Allied successes in north - N Africa invaded by US and British under Eisenhower
  Rommel retreats and loses Tobruk and Benghazi
  400k American troops land in French North Africa<
  Montgomery Commander of Eighth Army in Africa/li>
• Egypt: Battle of El Alamein results in British victory over Germans under Rommel
  Falciparun malaria outbreak
• Libya: Allies take Tripoli
• Tunisia: Allies take Tunis

Americas

• Argentina: Juan Perón leads revolt against government and rises in power

Asia

• General: Japan takes Indonesia, Indo-China, Malay, Philippines, New Guinea, Singapore, Burma, Kuala Lumpur, Java and Tangoon
  Japanese occupy Bataan and force march (Bataan Death March) of American and Philippine Prisoners
  MacArthur appointed commander-in-Chief of the Far East
• Bangladesh: Cyclone
• Burma: British and Indian troops advance
  British retreat from Burma and many die from ill-treatment and along Burma railroad
• East Indies: Dutch surrender the East Indies
• India: Fear of being taken by Japan
  Cyclone in Bengal India kills 40,000
  Famine
  Gandhi demands independence for India and is arrested
• Japan: Japanese in Mandalay and Corregidor
  Tokyo bombed by Major General Doolittle
• Java: Japanese troops win Battle of Java Sea
• Manchuria: Worst colliery (coal mine) explosion in history in Honkeiko Manchuria as 1549 die
• Papua New Guinea: Battle of the Coral Sea halts Japanese attack on Port Moresby
• Philippines: Corregidor surrenders to Japanese
• Singapore: British forces in Singapore surrender to Japan

Europe

• General: US bombing raids over Europe begin
• Czechoslovakia: Czech patriots assassinate Gestapo leader Heydrich and Nazis burn village of Lidice in Bohemia in retaliation
• France: US bombers destroy Lille railyards in N France
  British raid St. Nazaire and bomb Lubeck and Cologne
  Germans occupy Vichy France
  French navy scuttled in Toulon
• Germany: Hitler adopts "final solution" policy of exterminating Jews
  Jet aircraft in combat
  Germans work on V-2 rocket
  Formation of concentration camps
• Great Britain: 111 trampled in the blitz during air raid warning in London
  British liner Laconia sinks killing 2276
  Tommy Handley's show the most popular BBC feature
  Churchill reconstructs ministry
  Wartime "National Loaf" introduced
  Mildenhall Treasure a hoard of Roman silverware discovered in Suffolk
  32 men died when the British cruiser HMS Trinidad torpedoed herself
  Beveridge Report in Britain lays foundations of welfare state
  Second Front demonstrations in London
  Germans sink HMS Eagle and HMS Manchester
  Gilbert Murray founds Oxfam at Oxford against famine
• Greece: Famine and disease
• Italy: Fascist government surrenders but clings to power in north where Mussolini sets up separate government
  Official (south) government declares war on Germany
• Malta: Malta awarded the George Cross from Britain - adopted into flag
• Norway: Quisling becomes Premier
• Soviet Union: Soviets stop Germans at Stalingrad after Germans lose 200,000 troops
  German counter-attack near Kharkov
  Germans attack Caucasus mountains - Germans forced to surrender

Middle East

• Lebanon: Independence from France
• Turkey: 6.9 Quake

Pacific

• General: Japanese capture Pacific islands
  Battle of Midway - US ends Japanese expansion, with Japanese carriers destroyed at Midway
  US wins Battle of the Coral Sea
• Australia: Japan threatens to invade
  Death of American Eddie Leonski - Serial killer who committed crimes in Australia
• Marshall Islands: US Marines invade Guadalcanal

President:

Pres: Franklin D. Roosevelt

General

• Culture: US Congress edits "Pledge of Allegiance"
• Entertainment: Irving Berlin's "This is the Army" debuts
  Casablanca premiers
  Voice of America makes first international broadcast
• Finance: Income tax extended to low and middle income people
  Rent frozen and gasoline rationed Office of Price Administration established
  Ration books issued
• Food: Rationing of sugar and coffee
• Military: Fermi becomes involved with Manhattan Project
  "Stars and Stripes" paper appears
  USS Brigham Young introduced
  Japanese internment in US begins
  US Chemical Warfare Service performs mustard gas and lewisite experiments on 4000 members of military including 17-year-old who thinks he is volunteering to test clothing
  Biological warfare experiments done at Fort Detrick
  Merck pharmaceuticals teams with US to oversee biological warfare
• Sports: Satchel Paige pitches 4th consecutive victory for Kansas City monarchs
• Technology: Bell Aircraft tests first US jetplane
• War: US Government transfers 100k Japanese-Americans (Niseis) to inland camps

East

• Massachusetts: Boston MA Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire – overcrowded club started on fire and only door (revolving) blocked by trampled bodies – 487-492 die
  Navy and Harvard biochemist injects 64 inmates with cow's blood
• New York: Sinatra plays Paramount Theater
  FBI captures German saboteurs

Midwest

• Illinois: 400 inmates in Chicago intentionally infected with malaria – cited by Nazi doctors

South

• Florida: 8.35 inches of rain in two hours in West Palm Beach
  FBI captures German saboteurs
• Oklahoma: Wartime tornado
• Mississippi: Double tornado in Baldwin Mississippi kills 65 when they emerged from shelter after the first passes

West and Pacific

• California: Lena Horne moves to Los Angeles
• Nevada: US Supreme Court rules Nevada divorces valid in US
• Utah: Topaz internment camp opens - forced migration

President

Pres: Heber J. Grant

Membership: 917,715

Temples: 7

Other

• Girls Activity Program introduced
• Special fast coincides with Roosevelt's day of prayer
• First President asks boards and auxiliaries to discontinue meetings to help meet ration needs
• Relief Society Centennial not held above ward level
• Only older men called on missions through end of WWII
• Conference confined locally and tabernacle closed
• Church leadership encourages planting a garden and storing coal
• USS Brigham Young (U.S. ship) christened
• General Conference limited to Stake Presidencies and above
• Tabernacle closed and Hill Cumorah pageant stopped throughout war
• Church member Helmuth Hubener executed by Nazis for distributing British news
• First Presidency releases Church position on War
• Servicemen's committee organized
• Primary leaders known as "presidents" rather than "superintendents"
• Members urged to plant gardens, bottle food, and store coal