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Page 15: Historical Events In 1942

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Jul 18   In the year 1942 messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, first jet fighter, takes first flight  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 18   The first legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 19   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in US on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 19   On this day in history himmler sends a secret directive to SS Lieutenant General F.W. Kinger ordering the "resettlement" of the entire Jewish population of the General Government, to be completed by December 31.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   In the year 1942 legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   On this day in history patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   On this day in history women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Va in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 22   In the year 1942 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 22   On this day in history beginning of Warsaw ghetto "Aktion." 6,000 to 7,000 a day are deported to Treblinka.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 22   In the year 1942 gas rationing begins along the Atlantic coast of the US to help the American war effort during WWII.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 22   On this day in history start of battle of the Kokoda Track, Papua  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 23   Andrew Ducat, cricketer (England 1921), dies whilst batting at 56 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 23   German troops conquer Rostow in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 24   In the year 1942 hMCS St. Croix (Destroyer) sinks the U-90  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 24   Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army," premieres in NYC in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 24   On this day in history the Bureau of Aeronautics issued a Planning Directive calling for procurement of four Sikorsky helicopters for study and development by Navy and Coast Guard aviation forces.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 25   German troops occupy Rostov in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 26   CAPT Joy Bright Hancock appointed Director, Women's Naval Reserve on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 26   RAF bombs Hamburg on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 26   In the year 1942 titus Brandsma, [Anno Sjoerd], Dutch Roman Catholic priest and philosopher (Dachau), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 27   On this day in history formation of Australian Women's Land Army  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 27   On this day in history william Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   In the year 1942 marty Brennaman, American sportscaster  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   On this day in history nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   On this day in history nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Russia  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 29   On this day in history eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 30   FDR signs act establishing WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). During World War II, over 80,000 officer and enlisted women served in the WAVES in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 30   In the year 1942 fDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 30   On this day in history german SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 31   In the year 1942 francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 31   German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 02   On this day in history 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.  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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1942 birth of cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1942 henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   In the year 1942 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 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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