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Page 16: Historical Events In 1942

Friday, 04 July 2025

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

Aug 04   On this day in history alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   On this day in history british govt cancels agreement of Munich  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   In the year 1942 rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 06   -8] Riots by Dutch Jews in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 07   1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Aug 07   On this day in history richard Gott, Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 08   "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Aug 09   In the year 1942 edith Stein, German philosopher, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   HMAS Canberra sunk in battle of Savo Island on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 11   - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 11   Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 12   In the year 1942 british premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 14   In the year 1942 dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 15   In the year 1942 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 17   1st European bombing run undertaken by US forces in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Aug 18   Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japs on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 19   -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Aug 19   First American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is on this day in history.  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   In the year 1942 birth of john Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1942 birth of john McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy)  Click To Send On Messenger 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 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   Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader was born in the year 1942.  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 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  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 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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


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