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Historical Events In 1942

Friday, 29 March 2024

May 03   On this day in history johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   On this day in history luftwaffe bombs Exeter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   On this day in history nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   On this day in history battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   Food first rationed in US in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   On this day in history german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   On this day in history the Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   Battle of Coral Sea on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   In the year 1942 british assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   In the year 1942 uS begins rationing sugar during WWII  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   CAPT Milton Miles arrives in Chungking, China, to begin building an intelligence and guerilla training organization, Naval Group China in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   In the year 1942 aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   On this day in history battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   On this day in history german summer offensive opens in Crimea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   HMS OLYMPUS, sunk off Malta Grand Harbour - German E-boat-laid mines. On passage with personnel from Malta to Gibraltar, including many of the crews of bombed submarines P.36 and P.39; few survivors on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 09   On this day in history 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 11   German submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 11   On this day in history japanese troops conquer Kalewa  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   On this day in history 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   In the year 1942 helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   In the year 1942 helicopter makes its first cross-country flight  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   In the year 1942 uS troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   The Women's Auxilliary Army Corps (WACS) is established in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1942

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1942 birth of john Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006) was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1942 birth of john McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch) was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 birth of cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1942

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   Jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 death of yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   On this day in history death of emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   In the year 1942 arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   George Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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