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Historical Events In 1942

Friday, 29 March 2024

Sep 09   1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon (WW II) in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 09   In the year 1942 the first bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Or (WW2)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 10   On this day in history british troops lands on Madagascar  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 10   Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, actor, dies in Auschwitz at 63 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 11   In the year 1942 hMCS Charlottetown lost the Gulf of St. Lawrence  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 12   Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 13   On this day in history battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 13   On this day in history german forces attack Stalingrad  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 13   German forces begin attack on Stalingrad on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 14   In the year 1942 battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 14   HMCS OTTAWA (RCN, ex 'Crusader'), sunk east of Newfoundland by 1 torpedo from German U.91 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 14   In the year 1942 hMS COVENTRY (AA), sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, northwest of Alexandria, Egypt by German Ju87 divebombers.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 14   In the year 1942 hMS SIKH, sunk off Tobruk, eastern Libya - by German shore batteries. during landings Royal Marines for British combined operations raid on Tobruk  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 14   HMS ZULU,sunk NW of Alexandria, Egypt (c 32-00'N, 29-00'E) - by Italian/German force of Ju87 and Ju88 bombers, while returning to Alexandria after combined operations raid on Tobruk on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 15   Jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 15   US aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 16   Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 18   Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 20   In the year 1942 gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 21   116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 22   Meulenberg robs of church bells in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 23   Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 23   HMAS VOYAGER (RAN),lost in the East Indies, south coast of Timor ran aground, possibly bombed by Japanese aircraft (sources vary) and destroyed by own forces in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 24   In the year 1942 3,000 Tuczyn Jews are killed after resisting and escaping a Nazi attack. Only 15 survive.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 24   On this day in history general Blamey assumes command of Allied Land Forces in New Guinea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 24   HMS SOMALI lost north of Iceland after being stuck by 1 torpedo from German U.703 on 20th in Greenland Sea.floundered while being towed by 'Ashanti', went down in bad weather, 45 men lost on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 25   2,000 Jews are deported to Treblinka after a Jewish council chairman, Abraham Gamzu, refuses Gestapo demands to deliver Jews on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 25   Japanese withdrawal begins along Owen Stanley Trail starts in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   Heavy German assault in Stalingrad on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 28   Evelyn Thatcher, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 28   In the year 1942 luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 29   On this day in history 32°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 30   On this day in history 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons)  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   On this day in history birth of hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) was born in the year 1942.  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   In the year 1942 birth of jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 04   Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858) died on this day in history.  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   Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   George Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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