World Events
Posted in 1942
- Japan captures Manila, Singapore, Rangoon, Mandalay and the Philippines. The British ships Prince of Wales and Repulse are lost.
- Battles of the Coral Sea in May and Midway in June bring USA naval victories over Japan.
- The first electronic computer is built in the USA.
- Enrico Fermi contributes to atomic energy research with his work on artificial radioactive resources; helps split the atom in a controlled chain reaction which takes place on December 2 - on a volleyball field situated beneath Chicago's stadium.
- Magnetic recording tape is invented.
Japan captures Manila, Singapore, Rangoon, Mandalay and the Philippines. The British ships Prince of Wales and Repulse are lost.
Enrico Fermi contributes to atomic energy research with his work on artificial radioactive resources; helps split the atom in a controlled chain reaction which takes place on December 2 - on a volleyball field situated beneath Chicago's stadium.
