Page 19: Historical Events In 1942
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Oct 01 In the year 1942 bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight
Oct 02 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 on this day in history.
Oct 02 In the year 1942 first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago
Oct 02 In the year 1942 rMS"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 in the Atlantic
Oct 03 FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization in the year 1942.
Oct 03 In the year 1942 launch of the First A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)
Oct 04 On this day in history german assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad
Oct 05 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred on this day in history.
Oct 06 On this day in history allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram
Oct 06 In the year 1942 erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwarts), dies
Oct 07 1 salvo Katjoesja-rocket destroys nazi battalion in Stalingrad on this day in history.
Oct 08 Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley) in the year 1942.
Oct 08 In the year 1942 sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer
Oct 09 In the year 1942 statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.
Oct 10 In the year 1942 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt
Oct 10 Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68 in the year 1942.
Oct 11 -Oct 12] Sea battle at Cape Esperance Guadalcanal in the year 1942.
Oct 11 In the year 1942 battle of Cape Esperance begins In two-day battle, American task force stops Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485).
Oct 11 On this day in history battle of Cape Esperance begins: In two-day battle, American task force stops Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485).
Oct 11 Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1942.
Oct 12 Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division in the year 1942.
Oct 12 US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance in the year 1942.
Oct 13 In the year 1942 the birth of Paul Simon, singer (Simon and Garfunkel)
Oct 14 In the year 1942 dobbe resistances group overthrows Bonkarten distribution
Oct 15 In the year 1942 dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed
Oct 15 German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die in the year 1942.
Oct 16 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed in the year 1942.
Oct 16 On this day in history aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC
Oct 16 In the year 1942 cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills 40,000 south of Calcutta India
Oct 18 On this day in history hitler orders allied commandos to be killed
Oct 20 On this day in history "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations
Oct 20 On this day in history may Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84
Oct 21 Elvin Bishop, Tulsa OK, rock guitarist (Fooled Around & Fell in Love) in the year 1942.
Oct 22 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland in the year 1942.
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