Battle of Flanders

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A decisive victory for the Allies, which turned the tide on the Japanese expansionism into the South Pacific. The Japanese finally surrendered on September 2nd, 1945.

U.S. health officials were forced to shame and threaten slackers to wear a mask due to a second spike in Spanish Flu cases during the 1918 pandemic.

The construction of the Lincoln Tunnel, the first mechanically-ventilated underwater tunnel in the world was first opened on December 22nd, 1937.

One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of World War Two was fought over six brutal weeks between December 1944 and January 1945.

In 1952, London was forced to survive five days of choking smog caused by the excessive burning of coal mixed with unfavorable weather patterns.

Albert Schatz, the scientist who discovered streptomycin, only to have all discovery credit go to Selman Waksman, who would win the Nobel Prize for the discovery — never once giving proper credit to Schatz.

In Toulon, 1942, the French had to sink their own naval fleet to keep it out of Nazi control. Out of 164 vessels, 77 were successfully scuttled before German capture.