Historical Events In 1942
Saturday, 01 April 2023
Feb 06 Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 in the year 1942.
Feb 07 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8") on this day in history.
Feb 07 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56 in the year 1942.
Feb 08 Congress advises FDR that Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort in the year 1942.
Feb 08 In the year 1942 congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort
Feb 08 On this day in history fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50
Feb 08 Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles in the year 1942.
Feb 09 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US on this day in history.
Feb 09 In the year 1942 japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
Feb 10 On this day in history glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
Feb 10 HMCS Spikenard (Corvette) torpedoed in the year 1942.
Feb 10 The first ever record 'Gold Disc' is presented to Glenn Miller in the year 1942.
Feb 11 "Archie" comic book debuts on this day in history.
Feb 11 In the year 1942 in Montreal anti-conscription riot breaks out after 10,000 people rally at the Marché St-Jacques
Feb 11 On this day, the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, as well as the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, escape from the French port of Brest and make a mad dash up the English Channel to safety in German waters. Very embarrassing for the Royal Navy in the year 1942.
Feb 12 On this day in history 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany
Feb 12 Grant Wood, US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49 in the year 1942.
Feb 12 Three German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany much to the frustration of the Royal Navy on this day in history.
Feb 13 On this day in history hitler's Operation Sealion (invasion of England) cancelled
Feb 13 Hitler's Operation Seelöwe (invasion of England) cancelled in the year 1942.
Feb 14 In the year 1942 japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra
Feb 14 On this day in history rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens
Feb 15 British and Australian forces surrender at Singapore Over 15,000 Australian soldiers become prisoners of war in the year 1942.
Feb 15 German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery on this day in history.
Feb 15 Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91 on this day in history.
Feb 15 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra on this day in history.
Feb 15 Singapore surrenders to Japanese forces on this day in history.
Feb 15 In the year 1942 the British colony of Singapore surrenders to Japanese troops during WWII.
Feb 16 German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery on this day in history.
Feb 16 On this day in history massacre of 22 members of the Australian Army Nursing Service and other survivors of the SS Vyner Brooke, on Banka Island, Straits of Sumatra
Feb 18 In the year 1942 japanese troop land on Bali
Feb 18 On this day in history the birth of Milos Forman, Czech director.
Feb 19 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin on this day in history.
Feb 19 Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber on this day in history.
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