In a remarkable scientific achievement, but one which came in the context of war, and one which would foreshadow a terror that was introduced during World War Two and has remained ever since, a German V2 rocket became the first man-made object launched into space.
The horrific weapon would not enter into service until September 1944, two years later.
President Roosevelt ordered a freeze on wages, rents and farm prices under authority granted him the day prior.
The British raided the German occupied Channel Island of Sark.
The Hollywood Canteen opened.
Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth serve food to soldiers at the Hollywood Canteen in 1942, the year that it opened.
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