Hisdates•ComPage 10: Historical Events In 1942
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed in the year 1942. 
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 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 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) on this day in history.
May 04 On this day in history the Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today
May 05 Battle of Coral Sea in the year 1942.
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 On this day in history cAPT Milton Miles arrives in Chungking, China, to begin building an intelligence and guerilla training organization, Naval Group China
May 06 Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies in the year 1942.
May 07 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion in the year 1942.
May 07 On this day in history felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
May 07 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed on this day in history.
May 08 In the year 1942 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 In the year 1942 german summer offensive opens in Crimea
May 08 On this day in history 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 in the year 1942.
May 10 In the year 1942 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 In the year 1942 japanese troops conquer Kalewa
May 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on this day in history.
May 12 On this day in history david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
May 12 In the year 1942 nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
May 12 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 on this day in history.
May 13 On this day in history helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
May 13 On this day in history helicopter makes its first cross-country flight
May 13 In the year 1942 hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41
May 13 US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji in the year 1942.
May 14 The Women's Auxilliary Army Corps (WACS) is established in the year 1942.
May 14 US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms on this day in history.
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