World War II: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a>.