Historical Events In 1942
Friday, 18 September 2020
May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed on this day in history.
May 03 On this day in history luftwaffe bombs Exeter
May 03 Nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands on this day in history.
May 04 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) on this day in history.
May 04 In the year 1942 food first rationed in US
May 04 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages in the year 1942.
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) on this day in history.
May 04 In the year 1942 the Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today
May 05 Battle of Coral Sea on this day in history.
May 05 In the year 1942 british assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
May 05 In the year 1942 uS begins rationing sugar during WWII
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.
May 06 On this day in history corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
May 07 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion in the year 1942.
May 07 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 in the year 1942.
May 07 On this day in history nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed
May 08 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea on this day in history.
May 08 Battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack on this day in history.
May 08 On this day in history german summer offensive opens in Crimea
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.
May 09 On this day in history 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
May 10 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 in the year 1942.
May 11 In the year 1942 german submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec
May 11 On this day in history japanese troops conquer Kalewa
May 12 On this day in history 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz
May 12 On this day in history david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
May 12 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on this day in history.
May 12 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 on this day in history.
May 13 In the year 1942 helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
May 13 In the year 1942 helicopter makes its first cross-country flight
May 13 Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
May 13 US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji on this day in history.
May 14 On this day in history the Women's Auxilliary Army Corps (WACS) is established
May 14 On this day in history uS Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
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