Historical Events In 1942
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Jun 12 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam) on this day in history.
Jun 12 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City on this day in history.
Jun 12 Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1942.
Jun 13 On this day in history 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
Jun 13 First V-2 rocket launch, Peenemnde, Germany; reached 1.3 km in the year 1942.
Jun 14 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct in the year 1942.
Jun 14 The first bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct on this day in history.
Jun 14 Walt Disney's "Bambi" is released in the year 1942.
Jun 15 Vera Figner, writer, dies in the year 1942.
Jun 17 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) in the year 1942.
Jun 17 HMS WILD SWAN, sunk in the North Atlantic off south west Ireland (c 50-00'N, 11-00'W) - by German Ju88 bombers on this day in history.
Jun 17 In the year 1942 the first WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
Jun 18 In the year 1942 adolf Opalka, Czech resistance fighter, shot down
Jun 18 In the year 1942 bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
Jun 18 On this day in history bernard W Robinson, becomes first black ensign in US Navy
Jun 18 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m on this day in history.
Jun 19 On this day in history paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 baseball hits
Jun 20 Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews in the year 1942.
Jun 20 In the year 1942 japanese submarine shells isolated Estevan Point on Vancouver Island, with little damage; only time Canadian land territory under fire in World War II
Jun 21 129ø F (54ø C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record) on this day in history.
Jun 21 129°F (54°C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record) in the year 1942.
Jun 21 Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa in the year 1942.
Jun 22 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon in the year 1942.
Jun 23 World War II: Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales on this day in history.
Jun 24 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered on this day in history.
Jun 25 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II) in the year 1942.
Jun 25 Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.
Jun 25 Patrick Michael Mitchell, Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted in the year 1942.
Jun 26 On this day in history german assault on British at Mersa Matruh
Jun 27 On this day in history fBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island
Jun 27 On this day in history fBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs that came from from a sub off NY's Long Island
Jun 28 In the year 1942 col-gen Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj
Jun 28 Germany and Italian Armies reach El Alamein, prepare for attack in Suez area in the year 1942.
Jun 29 In the year 1942 dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony, premieres
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