January 19, 1940 -Auxiliary Bear (AG-29) steams eastward to begin flight operations in the vicinity of Biscoe Bay; the ship's embarked...
January 18, 1940 -British commence censorship of air mail passing through Bermuda; censor there removes through-bound mail for European...
January 17, 1940 -U.S. passenger liner Manhattan and freighter Excambion are detained at Gibraltar by British authorities; the former is kept...
January 16, 1941 -President asks Congress for immediate appropriation of $350 million for 200 new merchant ships. January 16, 1942 -War...
January 15, 1942 -Third Conference of Foreign Ministers of the American Republics convenes at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to secure a unanimous and...
January 14, 1940 -Auxiliary Bear (AG-29) reaches Bay of Whales, Antarctica. Along with Interior Department motorship North Star, Bear will...
Sorry...got sidetracked yesterday and didn't realize I forgot to post this. January 13, 1940 -U.S. freighter Narbo, bound for Italy, Yugoslavia,...
Well they used to have a monthly gun show at Balmoral Race Track but they closed due to lack of attendence earlier this year. I know there is one...
Hey there Il Duce...I'm from the southwest side myself. The Pritzker Military Library downtown has a series of events with various authors...
January 12, 1940 -Interior Department motorship North Star (U.S. Antarctic Service) reaches Bay of Whales, Antarctica, and immediately begins...
January 11, 1940 -Fleet Landing Exercise (FLEX) No. 6 begins at Culebra, Puerto Rico. Lack of transports compels the Navy to substitute combatant...
January 10, 1940 -U.S. steamship President Van Buren, bound for Genoa, Italy, and New York, is detained at Port Said, Egypt, and subsequently...
Great question TA! The Armed Guard of a merchant ship was a detachment of Navy sailors who were trained for and specifically assigned to man the...
January 9, 1940 -U.S. freighter Western Queen is detained at Gibraltar for several hours by British authorities. January 9, 1943 -German...
January 8, 1941 -Admiral William D. Leahy, USN (Retired) presents his credentials as Ambassador to France at Vichy. January 8, 1943 -Shortly...
Since I won't be around on the computer tommorrow: January 7, 1940 -U.S. freighter City of Flint departs Narvik for Baltimore, Maryland. For his...
January 6, 1940 -U.S. passenger liner Manhattan is detained at Gibraltar by British authorities. January 6, 1941 -Heavy cruiser Louisville...
January 5, 1940 -German tanker Nordmeer reaches Vigo, Spain, after her voyage from the Netherlands West Indies. January 5, 1941 -Heavy cruiser...
January 4, 1940 -U.S. freighter Exiria is detained at Gibraltar by British authorities. January 4, 1943 -Submarine Shad (SS-235) sinks German...
January 3, 1940 -U.S. freighter Mormacsun is intercepted by British naval vessel and diverted to Kirkwall, Scotland, into the zone designated as a...