| September 16, | Lee Kuan Yew born in Singapore. |
| | Student at Raffles Institituion. |
| | Comes in first in Singapore and Malaysia in Senior Cambridge exams, winning Anderson Scholarship to Raffles College.
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| Student at Raffles College. | | 15 February, | Japanese occupation of Singapore begins.Lee kuan yew cause of death |
| February , | Japanese massacre between 50, and , Chinese Singaporeans. LKY experiences and observes brutality of Japanese army. |
May | The English-educated Lee begins to study both Chinese and Japanese.
| | Works as English-language editor for Japanese "information or propaganda department called the Hobudu," learning that Allies are winning war (63). | | | Black market commodities broker; manufactures adhesives.Lee kuan yew family tree |
| Student at London School of Economics; encounters Harold Laski's socialism. | | January | Student at Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge University. |
| December | Secretly marries Kwa Geok Choo, who is in UK studying law at Girton College, Cambridge.
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