February 27th, 1942

World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied (ABDA) strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies event on February 27, 1942.

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February 28th, 1942DeathKarel Doorman, Dutch admiral (born in 1889)

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