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Historical Events In 1942

Sunday, 01 October 2023

Aug 02   On this day in history friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 04   On this day in history 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 04   Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   In the year 1942 british govt cancels agreement of Munich  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   On this day in history rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 06   -8] Riots by Dutch Jews on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 07   In the year 1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 07   American marines begin assault on Guadalcanal on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 07   Anjanette Comer, Dawson Tx, actress (Baby, Lepke) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 07   In the year 1942 richard Gott, Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 08   In the year 1942 "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 08   6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Wash DC in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   On this day in history 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   HMAS CANBERRA (RAN) sunk in the South West Pacific, SE of Savo Island off northern Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands - by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   On this day in history hMAS Canberra sunk in battle of Savo Island  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 10   Gen B Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in N Africa in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 10   On this day in history hMS EAGLE sunk north of Algiers, Algeria by 4 torpedoes from German U-73. 260 men lost out a wartime crew of 1,160  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 11   In the year 1942 - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 11   Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 12   British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 12   In the year 1942 hMS CAIRO (AA), SUNK, Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerta, Tunisia by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Axum'.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 13   The Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet directed that an Aircraft Experimental and Developmental Squadron be established at NAS Anacostia in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 14   Dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 15   On this day in history 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 16   Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 17   1st European bombing run undertaken by US forces on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 17   Submarines USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut land 222 Marines on Makin Island, first amphibious attack made from submarines on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 17   On this day in history uS bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 18   Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japs in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 18   Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 19   -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 19   In the year 1942 1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 19   In the year 1942 first American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1942

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of john Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of john McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch) was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant) was born in the year 1942.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 birth of jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1942

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   In the year 1942 jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 04   Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 death of yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered  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 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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   In the year 1942 arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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