World War II: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bataan" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Bataan">Battle of Bataan</a> ends. An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_raid" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indian Ocean raid">Indian Ocean raid</a> by Japan's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Air_Fleet" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1st Air Fleet">1st Air Fleet</a> sinks the British aircraft carrier <a about="#mwt52" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"HMS","href":"./Template:HMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Hermes"},"2":{"wt":"95"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMS Hermes (95)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">HMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Hermes</i></a> and the Australian destroyer <a about="#mwt53" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"HMAS","href":"./Template:HMAS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Vampire"},"2":{"wt":"D68"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Vampire_(D68)" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMAS Vampire (D68)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">HMAS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Vampire</i></a>.