Historical Events In 1942
Thursday, 25 April 2024
Jun 12 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam) in the year 1942.
Jun 12 In the year 1942 tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
Jun 12 Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.
Jun 13 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km in the year 1942.
Jun 13 On this day in history first V-2 rocket launch, Peenemnde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
Jun 14 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct on this day in history.
Jun 14 The first bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct on this day in history.
Jun 14 In the year 1942 walt Disney's "Bambi" is released
Jun 15 Vera Figner, writer, dies in the year 1942.
Jun 17 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) on this day in history.
Jun 17 HMS WILD SWAN, sunk in the North Atlantic off south west Ireland (c 50-00'N, 11-00'W) - by German Ju88 bombers in the year 1942.
Jun 17 On this day in history the first WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
Jun 18 In the year 1942 adolf Opalka, Czech resistance fighter, shot down
Jun 18 Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy in the year 1942.
Jun 18 Bernard W Robinson, becomes first black ensign in US Navy on this day in history.
Jun 18 In the year 1942 eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
Jun 19 Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 baseball hits in the year 1942.
Jun 20 In the year 1942 adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews
Jun 20 On this day in history japanese submarine shells isolated Estevan Point on Vancouver Island, with little damage; only time Canadian land territory under fire in World War II
Jun 21 129ø F (54ø C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record) on this day in history.
Jun 21 In the year 1942 129°F (54°C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record)
Jun 21 On this day in history rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa
Jun 22 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon in the year 1942.
Jun 23 In the year 1942 world War II: Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
Jun 24 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered in the year 1942.
Jun 25 On this day in history british RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)
Jun 25 In the year 1942 hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67
Jun 25 In the year 1942 patrick Michael Mitchell, Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted
Jun 26 In the year 1942 german assault on British at Mersa Matruh
Jun 27 On this day in history fBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island
Jun 27 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs that came from from a sub off NY's Long Island in the year 1942.
Jun 28 Col-gen Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj in the year 1942.
Jun 28 Germany and Italian Armies reach El Alamein, prepare for attack in Suez area in the year 1942.
Jun 29 On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony, premieres
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