World War II: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a> begins. The Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūichi_Nagumo" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chūichi Nagumo">Chūichi Nagumo</a> orders a strike on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Island" id="mw5Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Midway Island">Midway Island</a> by much of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mw5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a>.