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Page 11: Historical Events In 1942

Tuesday, 08 July 2025

May 14   US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is founded in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   Australian troops reinforce Port Moresby on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   Gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States) in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   In the year 1942 movement of POWs ("A Force") to Thailand from Singapore for work on the Burma-Thailand Railway  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   The first transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   In the year 1942 dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 18   NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner) in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   On this day in history uS Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   US Navy first permitted black recruits to serve on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   On this day in history méxico declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 23   In the year 1942 kanga Force moved to Wau, Papua New Guinea  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   On this day in history anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   Tank battle at Bir Hakeim African corps vs British army in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   In the year 1942 dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   In the year 1942 italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   On this day in history 1,800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   In the year 1942 1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   In the year 1942 actor John Barrymore dies in Hollywood at age 60  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   On this day in history bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   In the year 1942 bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   In the year 1942 hMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 30   In the year 1942 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WWII  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002) was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1942 birth of john Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 birth of charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1942

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   Jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1942 pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1942 leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered died in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   George Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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