World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hailstone" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Hailstone">Operation Hailstone</a> begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truk_Lagoon" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Truk Lagoon">Truk Lagoon</a>, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Eniwetok" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Eniwetok">Eniwetok invasion</a>.