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- | * Lt. Jonah Hex surrenders to Union officials at Fort Charlotte. Hex is later balmed | + | * Lt. Jonah Hex surrenders to Union officials at Fort Charlotte. Hex is later blamed |
* January 1: President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation. | * January 1: President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation. | ||
* May 2-10: " | * May 2-10: " | ||
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* Albert Hollerer of Germany becomes a wood elemental called the Heap. [Swamp Thing v2 #47] | * Albert Hollerer of Germany becomes a wood elemental called the Heap. [Swamp Thing v2 #47] | ||
* Microwave Man goes into retirement for 40 years. [Action Comics #487] | * Microwave Man goes into retirement for 40 years. [Action Comics #487] | ||
- | * Combat reporter Wayne Clifford is captured as a prisoner of war by the Japanese along with U.S. troops in Bataan, and is a witness to the atrocities of the Bataan death march, in which weaker soldiers are left to die, and others are used for bayonet practice, on the long march to inland prison camps. | + | * Combat reporter Wayne Clifford is captured as a prisoner of war by the Japanese along with U.S. troops in Bataan, and is a witness to the atrocities of the Bataan death march, in which weaker soldiers are left to die, and others are used for bayonet practice, on the long march to inland prison camps. Clifford manages to escape captivity along with a couple of American soldiers, |
===November, | ===November, | ||
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===June, 1944=== | ===June, 1944=== | ||
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- | * The Blackhawks' | + | * On the eve of D-Day, the Blackhawks |
- | * Sgt. Rock and Easy Co. are amongst | + | * Sgt. Rock and Easy Co. are among the Allied soldiers invading Normandy on D-Day. |
* Jimmy Olsen time-travels from the year 1977 to Europe after D-Day and masquerades as Private Von Olsen. He subsequently is promoted first to Captain and then to Adolf Hitler' | * Jimmy Olsen time-travels from the year 1977 to Europe after D-Day and masquerades as Private Von Olsen. He subsequently is promoted first to Captain and then to Adolf Hitler' | ||
* James W. Gordon graduates from law school and decides to become a policeman, entering police academy during the next intake. | * James W. Gordon graduates from law school and decides to become a policeman, entering police academy during the next intake. | ||
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===February, | ===February, | ||
* February 5: Perry White is hired as a full-time reporter at the Daily Planet. //Note: Previously, Perry was a cub reporter at the Chicago Journal in the mid-1930s, then a cub reporter at the Daily Planet as a cub reporter from 1937 to about 1938 or so, then as a full reporter at the Gotham Gazette until 1949, probably acting as a war correspondent from 1942-1945 for that paper.// ["The Most Amazing Camera in the World," | * February 5: Perry White is hired as a full-time reporter at the Daily Planet. //Note: Previously, Perry was a cub reporter at the Chicago Journal in the mid-1930s, then a cub reporter at the Daily Planet as a cub reporter from 1937 to about 1938 or so, then as a full reporter at the Gotham Gazette until 1949, probably acting as a war correspondent from 1942-1945 for that paper.// ["The Most Amazing Camera in the World," | ||
+ | * February 20: Hal Jordan is born. //Note: Hal Jordan appears to be about a year older than Clark Kent, according to The New Adventures of Superboy #13, which portrays Hal applying to Metropolis University during a time when Clark was only 16 years old.// | ||
===March, 1949=== | ===March, 1949=== | ||
* March 19: Barry Allen is born to Dr. Henry and Nora Allen in Fallville, Iowa. | * March 19: Barry Allen is born to Dr. Henry and Nora Allen in Fallville, Iowa. |