February 16, 1942

Staff Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), 1941, the sole survivor of the Bangka Island massacre (Australian War Memorial: P03960.001)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 16, 1942: At Bangka Island, Japanese massacre 200 civilians & 22 Australian nurses fleeing Singapore; Staff Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), is the sole survivor.
German U-boats shell tankers and refineries in US-held Aruba and Curaçao, the first sinkings in the Caribbean.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy approve a wartime three-year, year-round program (Read more: Pharmacy in World War II).
Japanese forces killed thousands of American and Filipinos.
I know. It was a horrific time.