Page 6: Historical Events In 1942

Mar 02   14th Academy Awards "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine win.   

Mar 02   14th Academy Awards   

Mar 02   14th Academy Awards: "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine win   

Mar 02   Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon   

Mar 02   HMS STRONGHOLD, sunk south of Java - by gunfire from Japanese 8in cruiser 'Maya' and destroyers.   

Mar 02   Ten Jews are hung in Zdunsk Wola near Lodz as substitutes for "the 10 hanged sons of Haman.".   

Mar 03   Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43.   

Mar 03   inaugural combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane   

Mar 04   Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62.   

Mar 05   Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia   

Mar 05   Japanese troop march into Batavia   

Mar 07   15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta   

Mar 07   Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion   

Mar 07   Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed.   

Mar 07   The inaugural cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee   

Mar 08   inaugural Japanese landings in New Guinea.   

Mar 08   Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma   

Mar 08   Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53.   

Mar 08   KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies   

Mar 09   Construction of the Alaska Highway began.   

Mar 11   1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp.   

Mar 11   General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia   

Mar 11   Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra.   

Mar 11   the inaugural deportation train leaves Paris France for Auschewitz Concentration Camp.   

Mar 12   Brian O'Hara, Lead singer with the 'Fourmost' group is born.   

Mar 12   British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal   

Mar 12   Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76.   

Mar 13   Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, is recorded as becoming 1st woman colonel in US army.   

Mar 13   Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, is recorded as becoming inaugural woman colonel in US army.   

Mar 14   Australians are required to carry identity cards in World War II   

Mar 15   Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70.   

Mar 16   Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69   

Mar 17   Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30000 Lublin Polish Jews transported   

Mar 17   Extermination begins at Belzec.   

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Jan 02   Hugh shelton: 15th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff   

Jan 03   John thaw: British actor   

Jan 03   John marsden: Australian lawyer, gay activist   

Jan 04   John mclaughlin: Rock guitarist (sentimental journey/clouds of joy)   

Jan 05   Charlie rose: Henderson nc, newscaster (cbs night watch)   

Jan 05   Cliff potts: Glendale calif, actor (ted-lou grant)   

Jan 05   Maurizio pollini: Milan italy, pianist   

Jan 05   Jan leeming: English television presenter and newsreader   

Jan 01   Jaroslav jezek: Composer,    

Jan 03   Pauline beersmans: [pljm van cuyck], flemish actress,    

Jan 04   Leon jessel: Composer,   

Jan 05   Yves paringaux: French chief of staff, murdered   

Jan 06   Emma calvé: French soprano (b. 1858)   

Jan 07   Henry: Count of baillet-latour, pres of ioc (1925-42),    

Jan 08   Arvo hannikainen: Composer,    

Jan 12   George francis: Cricketer (wi test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10),