The Battle of the Coral Sea (4–8 May 1942) was the first battle of
World War II in which the
Allies were able to stop a major advance of the
Imperial Japanese Navy. Japanese forces, including two
fleet carriers and a
light carrier, had orders to invade and occupy
Port Moresby in
New Guinea and
Tulagi in the southeastern
Solomon Islands. The US
intercepted their communications, and sent two carrier task forces and a joint
Australian–
Americancruiser force to stop them. On 3–4 May Japanese forces took Tulagi, although several of their supporting warships were sunk or damaged by aircraft from the US carrier
Yorktown. On 7–8 May the opposing carrier forces exchanged airstrikes in the
Coral Sea. Yorktown was damaged, and the USS
Lexington was
scuttled(explosion pictured). After the loss of the Japanese carrier
Shōhō and heavy damage to
Shōkaku, the Port Moresby invasion was scrapped, and never reattempted. The Japanese losses led to a greater loss a month later at the
Battle of Midway, where all four of their large aircraft carriers were sunk. Two months later, the Allies launched the
Guadalcanal Campaign, hastening Japan's ejection from the South Pacific. (
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... that James Niehues, who paints ski resort trail maps, has been called "the Michelangelo of snow" and "Monet of the mountain"?
... that part of the
Kansas highway K-99 honors the war dead of
Frankfort, which lost more men per capita in World War II than any other community in the United States?
1886 – An unknown assailant threw a bomb into a crowd of police, turning a peaceful
labor rally in Chicago into the Haymarket massacre, which resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four bystanders.
1974 – An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu(pictured) in the
Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb an
8,000-metre peak.
Rubens Peale (1784–1865) was an American artist and museum director. Son of artist-naturalist
Charles Willson Peale and brother of artist
Rembrandt Peale, Rubens took up painting after a lengthy career managing such museums as the
Peale Museum in
Baltimore and his own New York Museum of Natural History and Science in
New York. In the last decade of his life, he produced 130 paintings.
Shown here is Rubens Peale With a Geranium, an 1801 portrait by Rubens' brother Rembrandt. This painting's 1985 sale to the
National Gallery of Art in
Washington, D.C., set a record for an American work of art sold at auction.
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The Battle of the Coral Sea (4–8 May 1942) was the first battle of
World War II in which the
Allies were able to stop a major advance of the
Imperial Japanese Navy. Japanese forces, including two
fleet carriers and a
light carrier, had orders to invade and occupy
Port Moresby in
New Guinea and
Tulagi in the southeastern
Solomon Islands. The US
intercepted their communications, and sent two carrier task forces and a joint
Australian–
Americancruiser force to stop them. On 3–4 May Japanese forces took Tulagi, although several of their supporting warships were sunk or damaged by aircraft from the US carrier
Yorktown. On 7–8 May the opposing carrier forces exchanged airstrikes in the
Coral Sea. Yorktown was damaged, and the USS
Lexington was
scuttled(explosion pictured). After the loss of the Japanese carrier
Shōhō and heavy damage to
Shōkaku, the Port Moresby invasion was scrapped, and never reattempted. The Japanese losses led to a greater loss a month later at the
Battle of Midway, where all four of their large aircraft carriers were sunk. Two months later, the Allies launched the
Guadalcanal Campaign, hastening Japan's ejection from the South Pacific. (
Full article...)
... that James Niehues, who paints ski resort trail maps, has been called "the Michelangelo of snow" and "Monet of the mountain"?
... that part of the
Kansas highway K-99 honors the war dead of
Frankfort, which lost more men per capita in World War II than any other community in the United States?
1886 – An unknown assailant threw a bomb into a crowd of police, turning a peaceful
labor rally in Chicago into the Haymarket massacre, which resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four bystanders.
1974 – An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu(pictured) in the
Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb an
8,000-metre peak.
Rubens Peale (1784–1865) was an American artist and museum director. Son of artist-naturalist
Charles Willson Peale and brother of artist
Rembrandt Peale, Rubens took up painting after a lengthy career managing such museums as the
Peale Museum in
Baltimore and his own New York Museum of Natural History and Science in
New York. In the last decade of his life, he produced 130 paintings.
Shown here is Rubens Peale With a Geranium, an 1801 portrait by Rubens' brother Rembrandt. This painting's 1985 sale to the
National Gallery of Art in
Washington, D.C., set a record for an American work of art sold at auction.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
5,398,405 articles.
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