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On this day several different things happened during World War 2:
1. Battle of Britain-2 Major Air Battles, 61 German & 29 British aircraft shot down; major defeat for Luftwaffe that probably caused Hitler to cancel potential invasion plans.
2. Canada-Military Conscription (Draft) begins for men aged 21 through 24. Canada is at war with Germany & Italy.
3. USSR-Military Conscription (Draft) begins for men aged 19 through 20. USSR is not at war, but a current collaborator of Germany.
4. A British naval force is approaching Benghazi, Libya to strike Italian ships the next day.
5. Between 13-16 September 1940: An Italian army under General Graziani in Libya pushes 70 miles east into Egypt against outnumbered British & Commonwealth troops.
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my birth!
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the great depression
What world events happened on September 12?
Ummmm...i think nothing really but on the day but on the day before that...september 11:(
What were world or historical events happening around the 1900s?
they had bad day that time because they had no job and school
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Someone who writes a chronicle, which is a factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence.
