Hisdates•ComPage 10: Historical Events In 1942
Thursday, 20 November 2025
May 03 In the year 1942 johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed 
May 03 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter in the year 1942.
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 on this day in history.
May 04 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)
May 04 The Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today on this day in history.
May 05 Battle of Coral Sea in the year 1942.
May 05 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar in the year 1942.
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 in the year 1942.
May 06 In the year 1942 corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
May 07 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion on this day in history.
May 07 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
May 07 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed on this day in history.
May 08 On this day in history aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
May 08 Battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack on this day in history.
May 08 German summer offensive opens in Crimea in the year 1942.
May 08 In the year 1942 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
May 09 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57 on this day in history.
May 10 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 on this day in history.
May 11 German submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec on this day in history.
May 11 On this day in history japanese troops conquer Kalewa
May 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz in the year 1942.
May 12 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine on this day in history.
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 in the year 1942.
May 13 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight in the year 1942.
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 In the year 1942 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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