The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (25–27 October 1942) was the fourth aircraft carrier battle fought between the navies of the United States and Japan during World War II. It was part of the Guadalcanal Campaign, through which the Allies sought to parry and reverse Japanese advances in the southwest Pacific. The Japanese Army, in an attempt to drive Allied forces from Guadalcanal and nearby islands and end the stalemate there, planned a ground offensive for 20–25 October. In support, carriers and other large warships were moved into position near the southern Solomon Islands, where they hoped to engage and defeat any Allied naval forces responding to the offensive. As in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Eastern Solomons, almost all attacks by both sides were mounted by or against carrier- or land-based aircraft. Allied surface ships were forced to retreat after one carrier was sunk and another heavily damaged, but the veteran pilots lost by the Japanese proved to be irreplaceable.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1682:
William Penn landed at New Castle, Delaware Colony, on his way to founding the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Philadelphia
1914:
World War I: The Royal Navy dreadnought HMS Audacious was sunk by a mine, but its loss was kept secret for four more years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Audacious_(1912)
1958:
General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza to become the second President of Pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_(President_of_Pakistan)
1992:
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Allen R. Schindler Jr. was killed in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, a victim of a hate crime for being gay, which led to the U.S. Armed Forces' "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_R._Schindler_Jr.
2011:
Michael D. Higgins was elected President of Ireland with far more votes than any Irish politician in the history of the republic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_presidential_election,_2011
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
hummel: 1. (Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns. 2. (also attributive) Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hummel
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
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