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Page 8: Historical Events In 1942

Tuesday, 01 July 2025

Mar 28   On this day in history -29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   In the year 1942 british naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   In the year 1942 herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 29   On this day in history british cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 29   German submarine U-585 sinks on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   On this day in history 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   In the year 1942 alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   In the year 1942 sS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   In the year 1942 the first RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   World War II food rationing introduced in Australia for tea, sugar and butter in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 01   Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 01   Department of Munitions & Supply puts gasoline on coupon rationing; national speed limit of 64 km an hour proclaimed in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 01   In the year 1942 first Naval Air Transportation Service (NATS) squadron for Pacific operations commissioned  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 03   ADM Nimitz named Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, a joint command, and retained his other title, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 03   Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 04   On this day in history rCAF Squadron Leader L.J. Birchall spots Japanese fleet heading for Ceylon; alerts naval base and averts disaster for the British Fleet and a second Pearl Harbour  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 05   HMS CORNWALL And HMS DORSETSHIRE sunk in the Indian Ocean south west of Ceylon by Japanese carrier divebombers, 190 men lost from 'Cornwall', 234 from 'Dorsetshire' in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 05   In the year 1942 hMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 06   On this day in history general Andrew G.L. (Andy) McNaughton forms the First Canadian Army in Britain with five divisions, two armored brigades, and 3 other divisions slated for home defence.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 06   K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2249 Yamamoto in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 07   Heavy German assault on Malta on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 08   A Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in NYC in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 08   In the year 1942 alfred Mombert, writer, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   HMS HERMES sunk in the Indian Ocean off south east coast of Ceylon by Japanese carrier dive-bombers on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 10   In the year 1942 cigarettes & candy rationed in Holland  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 10   Japanese capture Bataan and 36,000 troops in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 11   In the year 1942 distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 12   In the year 1942 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 12   Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 in the year 1942.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 13   Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 13   RCAF's 417 Fighter Squadron heads for Egypt to join Desert Air Force on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 14   In the year 1942 destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of US east coast  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   In the year 1942 birth of hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1942 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   In the year 1942 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   On this day in history birth of maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist  Click To Send On Messenger 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 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   In the year 1942 pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70  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   On this day in history death of yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   On this day in history 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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