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