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Historical Events In 1942

Friday, 29 March 2024

Feb 19   First Japanese air raid on Darwin The city was bombed 64 times between feb 1942 and nov 1943 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 19   Japanese troop land on Timor in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 19   Tommy Dorsey &his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 19   U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt grants authority for the military to intern Japanese-Americans during WWII in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 20   Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 20   Lieutenant E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 20   In the year 1942 lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 21   US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 21   In the year 1942 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 22   World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defenses collapses in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 23   Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood CA in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 23   In the year 1942 japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 23   On this day in history stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 24   The Struma, a small cattle boat with 769 refugees heading illegally towards Palestine, is torpedoed, leaving one survivor on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 24   On this day in history voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 25   Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 26   German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 26   On this day in history german battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bombs  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 26   Government starts evacuating 21,000 Japanese Canadians from coastal regions of British Columbia to interior work camps; under War Measures Act in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 26   In the year 1942 radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 26   On this day in history werner Heisenberger informs Nazis about uranium project "Wunderwaffen"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 26   On this day in history wWII Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 27   1st transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 27   In the year 1942 first transport of French Jews to Nazi-Germany  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 27   In the year 1942 j S Hey discovers radio emissions from the Sun  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 27   Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 27   The allies are routed in the Battle of the Java Sea in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 28   In the year 1942 1st weapon drop on Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 28   HMAS PERTH (RAN) sunk in Sunda Strait, western Java by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 28   Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 28   Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 01   On this day in history extermination begins at Sobibor.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 01   HMS EXETER sunk, East Indies, north west of Surabaya in Java Sea by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 01   On this day in history japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java  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   On this day in history 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   John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) was born on this day in history.  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   In the year 1942 birth of cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 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   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   On this day in history leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history death of yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   In the year 1942 death of emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)  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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