The Dutch East Indies colony surrendered the island of Java to Imperial Japanese forces.
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The tone poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss premiered in Cologne, Germany.
Queen Anne became Queen of England after King William III died.
Philips demonstrated the compact disc publicly for the first time.
The Zodiac Killer shot his first victim Mario Orosco.
Many volcanoes were discovered on one of planet Jupiter's moons called Io.
