World War II: Second day of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Eastern Solomons">Battle of the Eastern Solomons</a>; a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> naval transport convoy headed towards <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a> is turned back by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> air attack.