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Historical Events In 1942

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Jan 13   Interallied war trial conference publishes St James Declaration on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 14   In the year 1942 japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   In the year 1942 cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   On this day in history fDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   In the year 1942 melvin Winfield Sheppard, runner (Olympic-gold-08, 12), dies at 58  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   Actress Carole Lombard, and twenty other people, die in a plane crash near Las Vegas in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   Barbara Lynn, [Ozen], US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing), dies in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   Screen star Carole Lombard, her mother and 20 other people were killed in a commercial airliner crash near Las Vegas, Nev. Lombard was the wife of actor Clark Gable on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in US army on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   William Knudsen becomes first civilian appointed a General in US army on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   In the year 1942 frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1942 nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart & Wiardi Beckman  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   In the year 1942 japanese forces invade Burma  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   In the year 1942 japanese forces invade Burma during World War 2  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   On this day in history titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   In the year 1942 japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Japanese invade Burma on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Nazi officials decide on their "final solution" that calls for the extermination of Jews on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   On this day in history wannsee Conference Details of plan to murder 11,000,000 European Jews are drafted.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Wannsee Conference: Details of plan to murder 11,000,000 European Jews are drafted in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   On this day in history bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   On this day in history henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   Tito's partisans occupy Foca on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   Unified partisan organization is established in the Vilna ghetto. Resistance organization set upon Kovno ghetto in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch Natl Front, dies at 81 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   Japanese capture Rabaul, New Guinea in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   In the year 1942 japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   Battle of Makassar Strait, destroyer attack on Japanese convoy in first surface action in the Pacific during World War II in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   On this day in history in Ottawa Wartime Prices and Trade Board rations sugar to 3/4 lb per person per week; cut to 1/2 lb  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 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002) was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of john Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of john McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  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   Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63 in the year 1942.  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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