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Declaration of
United Nations
signed in Washington (Jan. 1).
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Nazi
leaders attend Wannsee Conference to coordinate the
"final solution to the Jewish question," the systematic genocide of Jews
known as the
Holocaust. (For detailed chronology of the Holocaust, see
The Holocaust.)
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Women's military services established. |
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Enrico Fermi
achieves nuclear chain reaction. |
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More than 120,000 Japanese and persons of Japanese ancestry living in
western U.S. moved to "relocation centers," some for the duration of the
war (Executive Order 9066). |
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Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston kills 492 (Nov. 28). |
