The events and anniversaries: Report: 1943 - World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrive in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily. Report: 1945 - Indonesian Declaration of Independence. Report: 1962 - Gabon gains independence from France. Aerospace:...