Today in World War II History—February 10, 1943
80 Years Ago—Feb. 10, 1943: In India, Mohatma Gandhi begins a 21-day hunger strike, which leads to rioting, but Britain makes no concessions.
Final Australian troops are evacuated from Portuguese Timor where they have fought as guerrillas for a year.
Ordnance worker & Navy mother Vesta Stoudt writes a letter to President Roosevelt proposing using waterproof cloth tape on ammunition boxes so men can open them easily under fire; the War Production Board will approve her idea; Johnson & Johnson will develop duck tape (cotton duck fabric), later called duct tape.