Feb. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. In 1844, an explosion rocked the "war steamer" USS Princeton after it test-fired one of its guns.

The Battle of Java Sea, fought on February 27, 1942, marked the high tide of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. Poor organization, strategic confusion, inter-service competition, and national ...

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The voice was like a voice of doom. It was the voice of Dr. Hubertus Johannes van Mook, Lieutenant Governor General of The Netherlands East Indies: It is not that dozens of battleships, scores of ...

“The Caucasus, Iran, Iraq and Syria may well prove to be the great battlefield of 1942. It is difficult to predict whether any particular phase of the war will be decisive, but obviously when and if ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. In 1844, an explosion rocked the "war steamer" USS Princeton after it test-fired one of its guns.