World War II: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Tōjō" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hideki Tōjō">Hideki Tōjō</a> resigns as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister of Japan</a> because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.