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Historical Events In 1942

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Feb 06   Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 07   1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8") on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 07   Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 08   On this day in history fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 08   Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 09   Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 09   In the year 1942 japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 10   On this day in history glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 10   HMCS Spikenard (Corvette) torpedoed in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 10   The first ever record 'Gold Disc' is presented to Glenn Miller in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 11   "Archie" comic book debuts on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 11   In the year 1942 in Montreal anti-conscription riot breaks out after 10,000 people rally at the Marché St-Jacques  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 12   On this day in history 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 12   Grant Wood, US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 13   On this day in history hitler's Operation Sealion (invasion of England) cancelled  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 13   Hitler's Operation Seelöwe (invasion of England) cancelled in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 14   In the year 1942 japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 14   On this day in history rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 15   British and Australian forces surrender at Singapore Over 15,000 Australian soldiers become prisoners of war in the year 1942.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 15   German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 15   Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 15   Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 15   Singapore surrenders to Japanese forces on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 15   In the year 1942 the British colony of Singapore surrenders to Japanese troops during WWII.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 16   German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 18   In the year 1942 japanese troop land on Bali  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 18   On this day in history the birth of Milos Forman, Czech director.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 19   About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 19   Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber on this day in history.  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   On this day in history birth of hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  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 in the year 1942.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 birth of charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 birth of cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1942 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   Jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35 in the year 1942.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1942.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   On this day in history death of emma CalvĂ©, French soprano (b. 1858)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63 on this day in history.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   In the year 1942 george Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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