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Monday, 05 January 2026
May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed in the year 1942. 
May 03 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter on this day in history.
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) in the year 1942.
May 04 On this day in history food first rationed in US
May 04 On this day in history german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) in the year 1942.
May 04 In the year 1942 the Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today
May 05 On this day in history battle of Coral Sea
May 05 On this day in history british assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
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 in the year 1942.
May 06 Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies in the year 1942.
May 07 On this day in history battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
May 07 In the year 1942 felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
May 07 In the year 1942 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 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 In the year 1942 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
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 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa in the year 1942.
May 12 On this day in history 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz
May 12 On this day in history david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
May 12 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on this day in history.
May 12 On this day in history 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 in the year 1942.
May 13 On this day in history hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41
May 13 In the year 1942 uS troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji
May 14 The Women's Auxilliary Army Corps (WACS) is established in the year 1942.
May 14 In the year 1942 uS Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
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