Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1942
Friday, 19 April 2024
May 03 On this day in history johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed 
May 03 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter in the year 1942.
May 03 On this day in history nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands
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 On this day in history german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
May 04 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)
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 on this day in history.
May 05 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar on this day in history.
May 05 US begins rationing sugar during WWII on this day in history.
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 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 in the year 1942.
May 08 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea on this day in history.
May 08 On this day in history battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack
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 In the year 1942 joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74
May 11 On this day in history 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 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on this day in history.
May 12 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine in the year 1942.
May 12 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on this day in history.
May 12 In the year 1942 russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943
May 13 In the year 1942 helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
May 13 Helicopter makes its first cross-country flight on this day in history.
May 13 In the year 1942 hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41
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 In the year 1942 uS Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
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