Thursday, April 16, 2015

Iceland Declares Independence

TUE 16 APR 1940
Captain Albert C. Read relieves Captain Aubrey W. Fitch as Commandant Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.

Great Britain issues mobilization order for men who turn 27 years of age during the months of April and May 1940.

Iceland declares its independence and asks the United States to recognize it as such.

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