Hisdates•ComPage 10: Historical Events In 1942
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
May 03 On this day in history johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed 
May 03 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter on this day in history.
May 03 In the year 1942 nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands
May 04 In the year 1942 battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
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 In the year 1942 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 in the year 1942.
May 05 In the year 1942 battle of Coral Sea
May 05 On this day in history british assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
May 05 In the year 1942 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 in the year 1942.
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 in the year 1942.
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 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 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57 on this day in history.
May 10 On this day in history joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74
May 11 In the year 1942 german submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec
May 11 In the year 1942 japanese troops conquer Kalewa
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 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 in the year 1942.
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 Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1942.
May 13 US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji in the year 1942.
May 14 On this day in history 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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