The Dutch East Indies colony surrendered the island of Java to Imperial Japanese forces.
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The Zodiac Killer shot his first victim Mario Orosco.
The world's richest tennis player, Martina Navratilova, became the first to make $10 million.
The tone poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss premiered in Cologne, Germany.
Volkswagen's iconic Type 2 Kombi first began production.
Many volcanoes were discovered on one of planet Jupiter's moons called Io.
