World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Starvation" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Starvation">Operation Starvation</a>, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_during_World_War_II" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Argentina during World War II">declares war</a> on the Axis Powers.