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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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 17   Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 17   Extermination begins at Belzec in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 17   On this day in history general Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 18   On this day in history illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 19   On this day in history fDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 19   On this day in history fDR orders men between 45 &64 to register for non military duty  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 19   SecNav gave Civil Engineering Corps command of Seabees in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 19   On this day in history thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 20   In the year 1942 convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 20   General MacArthur vows, "I shall return" on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 20   On this day in history major German assault on Malta  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 20   In the year 1942 theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 21   On this day in history convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 21   In the year 1942 heavy German assault on Malta  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 21   In the year 1942 the Flying Tigers were incorporated into the U.S. Army Air Force  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 22   Heavy German assault on Malta on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 23   On this day in history 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 23   Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 23   US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 25   700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 25   On this day in history r&B vocalist Aretha Franklin born this day.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   In the year 1942 aDM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   In the year 1942 german offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   The first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz &Birkenau Camps on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   The first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 27   On this day in history -28] Allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 27   In the year 1942 allies raid German submarine base in St Nazaire  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 27   On this day in history japanese still residing in California are told they must evacuate within 24 hours of receiving orders.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 27   On this day in history joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York NY)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was born in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1942 birth of john Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1942 birth of john Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of john McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader  Click To Send On Messenger 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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858) died in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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