Page 16: Historical Events In 1942
Friday, 04 July 2025
Aug 02 Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77 on this day in history.
Aug 04 On this day in history 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
Aug 04 On this day in history alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81
Aug 05 On this day in history british govt cancels agreement of Munich
Aug 05 In the year 1942 rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
Aug 06 -8] Riots by Dutch Jews in the year 1942.
Aug 07 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is on this day in history.
Aug 07 On this day in history american marines begin assault on Guadalcanal
Aug 07 Anjanette Comer, Dawson Tx, actress (Baby, Lepke) on this day in history.
Aug 07 On this day in history richard Gott, Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43
Aug 08 "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein on this day in history.
Aug 08 In the year 1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Wash DC
Aug 09 On this day in history 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland
Aug 09 In the year 1942 edith Stein, German philosopher, dies
Aug 09 In the year 1942 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.
Aug 09 HMAS Canberra sunk in battle of Savo Island on this day in history.
Aug 10 In the year 1942 gen B Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in N Africa
Aug 10 In the year 1942 hMS EAGLE sunk north of Algiers, Algeria by 4 torpedoes from German U-73. 260 men lost out a wartime crew of 1,160
Aug 11 - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland on this day in history.
Aug 11 Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
Aug 12 In the year 1942 british premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin
Aug 12 HMS CAIRO (AA), SUNK, Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerta, Tunisia by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Axum' in the year 1942.
Aug 13 On this day in history the Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet directed that an Aircraft Experimental and Developmental Squadron be established at NAS Anacostia.
Aug 14 In the year 1942 dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa
Aug 15 In the year 1942 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
Aug 16 Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow on this day in history.
Aug 17 1st European bombing run undertaken by US forces in the year 1942.
Aug 17 On this day in history submarines USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut land 222 Marines on Makin Island, first amphibious attack made from submarines
Aug 17 US bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France on this day in history.
Aug 18 Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japs on this day in history.
Aug 18 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48 in the year 1942.
Aug 19 -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab in the year 1942.
Aug 19 1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France in the year 1942.
Aug 19 First American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is on this day in history.
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