Adolf Hitler’s German military attacked Moscow.
The battle lasted until January 7, 1942, with over half a million Russians killed, missing, injured, or captured.
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British rock band Oasis released their second album, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'
EA Games' FIFA 10, the highest-rated FIFA game made, was released in Europe.
After a 5-year voyage around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Charles Darwin returned to England.
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
The classic children's book 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter was published in London, England.
