Page 7: Historical Events In 1942
Saturday, 12 July 2025
Mar 16 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 in the year 1942.
Mar 17 Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported on this day in history.
Mar 17 Extermination begins at Belzec in the year 1942.
Mar 17 On this day in history general Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander
Mar 18 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out on this day in history.
Mar 18 On this day in history illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
Mar 19 On this day in history fDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty
Mar 19 On this day in history fDR orders men between 45 &64 to register for non military duty
Mar 19 SecNav gave Civil Engineering Corps command of Seabees in the year 1942.
Mar 19 On this day in history thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago
Mar 20 In the year 1942 convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
Mar 20 General MacArthur vows, "I shall return" on this day in history.
Mar 20 On this day in history major German assault on Malta
Mar 20 In the year 1942 theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
Mar 21 On this day in history convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk
Mar 21 In the year 1942 heavy German assault on Malta
Mar 21 In the year 1942 the Flying Tigers were incorporated into the U.S. Army Air Force
Mar 22 Heavy German assault on Malta on this day in history.
Mar 23 On this day in history 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported
Mar 23 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean on this day in history.
Mar 23 US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers in the year 1942.
Mar 25 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp on this day in history.
Mar 25 On this day in history r&B vocalist Aretha Franklin born this day.
Mar 26 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps on this day in history.
Mar 26 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA on this day in history.
Mar 26 In the year 1942 aDM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet
Mar 26 In the year 1942 german offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel
Mar 26 The first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps on this day in history.
Mar 26 The first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec in the year 1942.
Mar 27 On this day in history -28] Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire
Mar 27 In the year 1942 allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire
Mar 27 On this day in history japanese still residing in California are told they must evacuate within 24 hours of receiving orders.
Mar 27 On this day in history joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York NY)
Mar 27 In the year 1942 the Canadian Parliament passes War Appropriation (United Kingdom) Finance Act; $700 million British debt written off. The cost to each Canadian is $87
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