1942: On This Year

1942

1942 (MCMXLII in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.

Is 1942 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 1942 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 1942, who was Time's Person of the Year in 1942, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 1942, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 1942, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 1942.

On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 1942 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.

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What was 1942 known for ?

  • By this time, the world was in despair over the raging Second World War. Mrs. Miniver was the highest grossing film in the world starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.
  • Le Silence de la Mer (The Silence of the Sea) by Jean Bruller and issued discreetly. The novel focused on the resistance of the Nazi occupation of France. Distribution was only possible for a hundred copies in France while the Nazis destroyed the rest. By year’s end, White Christmas by Bing Crosby was at the top of all the major hit lists in Europe and the USA.
  • The United Nations is the elite body that ensures that peace reigns on earth and mediates between warring factions. On January 1, 1942, USA President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued a signed declaration called the United Nations. The UN started with 26 nations.
  • The USA had stayed out of the war until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. By May 15, 1942, gasoline rationing began in 17 states on the USA East coast. This was an attempt to help the American effort in the war. President Franklin D. Roosevelt then moved to ensure there was mandatory gasoline rationing in all the 50 states of the USA.
  • Hitler and his Nazi party had a conviction that Jews were not people but beasts and this saw the slaughter of thousands of Jews. On October 29, 1942, the leading British political figures and the clergy held a public meeting to protest against the ongoing persecution of the Jews by the Nazis.
  • Nazi Germany had sought to host the 1942 FIFA World Cup but the event failed to take place because of the raging war. This year also saw the birth of individuals who were to shape a generation including, British physicist Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest boxers of all time Muhammad Ali, American Singer Aretha Franklin and many others.

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1942: Oscar Winners of the Year

In 1942, during the 15th Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 04/03/1943 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 5 categories honoring the films released in 1942:

What movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 1942?

Mrs. Miniver
The Oscar for Best Movie went to Mrs. Miniver, directed by William Wyler, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1942?

Mrs. Miniver
The Oscar for Best Director went to William Wyler, for the movie Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1942?

Mrs. Miniver
The Oscar for Best Actress went to Greer Garson, for the movie Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1942?

Johnny Eager
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to Van Heflin, for the movie Johnny Eager, starring Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1942?

Mrs. Miniver
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Teresa Wright, for the movie Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty produced in the United States of America.
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1942: Who was Time's Person of the Year?


Joseph Stalin
In 1942, Joseph Stalin was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. By 1942, Stalin was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Premier of the Soviet Union, overseeing the Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943).
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1942: What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 1942?


According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1942 was the Year of the Horse.

Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Horse sign.

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1942: What were the most popular baby names in the USA that year ?

The 3 most popular baby names in 1942 were James, Robert and John for boys and Mary, Barbara and Patricia for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1942: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1942 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • James
  • Robert
  • John
  • William
  • Richard
  • David
  • Charles
  • Thomas
  • Ronald
  • Donald

1942: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1942 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Mary
  • Barbara
  • Patricia
  • Linda
  • Carol
  • Sandra
  • Judith
  • Nancy
  • Betty
  • Carolyn

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1942: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1942, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Moonlight Becomes You by Bing Crosby

1942: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1942 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. Moonlight Becomes You by Bing Crosby
  2. Dearly Beloved by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
  3. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition by Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
  4. Mister Five By Five by Harry James & His Orchestra
  5. Jingle, Jangle, Jingle by Merry Macs
  6. Manhattan Serenade by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
  7. There's a Star-Spangled Banner by Elton Britt

1942: What were the most popular movies that year ?

The most popular movies and box office hits in 1942 were:

Casablanca

Casablanca

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

Country: United States of America

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch

Starring: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart

Country: United States of America

Now, Voyager

Now, Voyager

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Irving Rapper

Starring: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper

Country: United States of America

Random Harvest

Random Harvest

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

Starring: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters

Country: United States of America

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Starring: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf

Country: United States of America

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What happened in 1942?

Here's what happened in 1942:

  • Jan 1, 1942: US and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
  • Jan 2, 1942: The 28 nations at war with the Axis pledge no separate peace.
  • Jan 3, 1942: American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms.
  • Jan 4, 1942: Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida
  • Jan 5, 1942: 55 German tanks reach North-Africa.
  • Jan 6, 1942: Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
  • Jan 7, 1942: WW II siege of Bataan starts
  • Jan 9, 1942: Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in one round for heavyweight boxing title.
  • Jan 10, 1942: Japan invades North-Celebes, Dutch East Indies.
  • Jan 11, 1942: Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.
  • Jan 12, 1942: British troops reconquer Sollum.
  • Jan 13, 1942: Allied Conference for war trials
  • Jan 14, 1942: Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo.
  • Jan 15, 1942: FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII
  • Jan 16, 1942: William Knudsen becomes first civilian appointed a General in US army.
  • Jan 19, 1942: Japanese forces invade Burma
  • Jan 20, 1942: Japanese invade Burma
  • Jan 21, 1942: Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal.
  • Jan 22, 1942: Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain.
  • Jan 23, 1942: Japanese troops occupy Rabaul, New Britain.
  • Jan 24, 1942: Musical Star & Garter, premieres in New York City
  • Jan 25, 1942: Lieutenant General Rommels African corps reaches Msus
  • Jan 26, 1942: 1st US force in Europe during WWII go ashore in Northern Ireland
  • Jan 28, 1942: German troops occupy Benghazi, Libya.
  • Jan 29, 1942: German and Italian troops occupy Benghazi.
  • Jan 30, 1942: World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies.
  • Jan 31, 1942: 62 U-boats sunk this month (327,000 ton)
  • Feb 1, 1942: World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • Feb 2, 1942: US auto factories switch from commercial to war production.
  • Feb 3, 1942: Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942.
  • Feb 4, 1942: Clinton Pierce becomes first US General wounded in action in World War II.
  • Feb 5, 1942: Woman of the Year, starring Hepburn and Tracy opens at Radio City
  • Feb 6, 1942: World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
  • Feb 7, 1942: Maritime Commission fleet operations transferred to War Shipping Administration (lasting until September 1, 1946).
  • Feb 8, 1942: US Congress advises President Franklin Roosevelt that Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort.
  • Feb 9, 1942: Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils".
  • Feb 10, 1942: Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of Chattanooga Choo Choo
  • Feb 11, 1942: Archie comic book debuts.
  • Feb 14, 1942: Japanese parachutists land near oil center in Palembang, Sumatra.
  • Feb 15, 1942: Singapore surrenders to Japanese
  • Feb 16, 1942: German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery.
  • Feb 17, 1942: US Army General Douglas MacArthur reaches Australia and takes command of Allied forces.
  • Feb 18, 1942: Japanese troops land on Bali.
  • Feb 19, 1942: About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
  • Feb 20, 1942: Lieutenant E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down five Japanese heavy bombers.
  • Feb 21, 1942: US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn.
  • Feb 22, 1942: World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
  • Feb 23, 1942: World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
  • Feb 24, 1942: Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German).
  • Feb 25, 1942: The Princess Elizabeth registers for war service.
  • Feb 26, 1942: German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb
  • Feb 27, 1942: 1st transport of French Jews to Nazi-Germany
  • Feb 28, 1942: Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit, Illinois.
  • Mar 1, 1942: Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews.
  • Mar 2, 1942: 14th Academy Awards: How Green was My Valley, Gary Cooper, and Joan Fontaine win.
  • Mar 3, 1942: World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
  • Mar 5, 1942: Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia
  • Mar 7, 1942: First cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee.
  • Mar 8, 1942: Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma
  • Mar 9, 1942: Construction of the Alaska Highway begins.
  • Mar 11, 1942: US General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia.
  • Mar 12, 1942: British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal.
  • Mar 13, 1942: Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman Colonel in US army
  • Mar 14, 1942: Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.
  • Mar 15, 1942: Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian/US composer (African Dance), dies at age 70.
  • Mar 16, 1942: The first V-2 rocket test launch. It exploded at lift-off.
  • Mar 17, 1942: Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported.
  • Mar 18, 1942: Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters.
  • Mar 19, 1942: FDR orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty
  • Mar 20, 1942: Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
  • Mar 21, 1942: Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk
  • Mar 22, 1942: World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
  • Mar 23, 1942: US moves native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers.
  • Mar 25, 1942: 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp.
  • Mar 26, 1942: 1st 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec
  • Mar 27, 1942: Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in six to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City, New York).
  • Mar 28, 1942: British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire
  • Mar 29, 1942: British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
  • Mar 30, 1942: SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp.
  • Apr 1, 1942: Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang, Timor.
  • Apr 5, 1942: World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
  • Apr 9, 1942: Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
  • Apr 10, 1942: Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland.
  • Apr 11, 1942: Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized.
  • Apr 12, 1942: Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan.
  • Apr 13, 1942: The United States Federal Communications Commission's minimum programming time required of TV stations is cut from 15 hours to 4 hours a week during the war.
  • Apr 14, 1942: Destroyer Roper sinks German submarine U-85 off US east coast.
  • Apr 15, 1942: George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta
  • Apr 16, 1942: King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta
  • Apr 17, 1942: Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp.
  • Apr 18, 1942: James H Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities
  • Apr 19, 1942: 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Massachusetts in 2:26:51.2.
  • Apr 20, 1942: German occupiers forbid Dutch access to their beach.
  • Apr 21, 1942: World War II: The most famous (and first international) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore (with 25 fellow Texas A&M graduates who are under his command), while 1.8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.
  • Apr 23, 1942: William Temple enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Apr 26, 1942: The Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
  • Apr 27, 1942: Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma, USA killing 100, injuring 300.
  • Apr 28, 1942: Nightly "dim-out" begins along the US East Coast.
  • Apr 29, 1942: Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in the Netherlands and Vichy-France
  • Apr 30, 1942: First submarine built on Great Lakes is launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA.
  • May 1, 1942: Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star".
  • May 2, 1942: 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4.
  • May 3, 1942: World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
  • May 4, 1942: Food 1st rationed in US
  • May 5, 1942: US begins rationing sugar during WWII
  • May 6, 1942: World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
  • May 7, 1942: Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
  • May 8, 1942: Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
  • May 9, 1942: 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57.
  • May 10, 1942: World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
  • May 11, 1942: Japanese troops conquer Kalewa.
  • May 12, 1942: Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943
  • May 13, 1942: Helicopter makes its first cross-country flight.
  • May 14, 1942: US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is founded.
  • May 15, 1942: Nazi occupiers in the Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers
  • May 17, 1942: Dutch SS vows loyalty to Adolf Hitler.
  • May 18, 1942: New York City ends night baseball games for the rest of war.
  • May 19, 1942: Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits
  • May 20, 1942: US Navy first permits black recruits to serve.
  • May 21, 1942: WWII: Mexico declares war against Nazi Germany after the sinking of the Mexican tanker ''Faja de Oro'' by the German U-boat, U-160, off Key West.
  • May 22, 1942: Mexico declares war on Nazi-Germany and Japan
  • May 26, 1942: Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London
  • May 27, 1942: Hitler orders 10,000 Czechs murdered
  • May 28, 1942: 1,800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Germans during attack on Reinhard Heydrich.
  • May 29, 1942: Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," the best-selling Christmas album in history.
  • May 30, 1942: US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
  • May 31, 1942: Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury, England.
  • Jun 2, 1942: Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator
  • Jun 3, 1942: Battle of Midway Island begins
  • Jun 4, 1942: USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island
  • Jun 5, 1942: British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie
  • Jun 6, 1942: 1st nylon parachute jump
  • Jun 7, 1942: Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WWII naval defeat of Japan
  • Jun 8, 1942: Bing Cosby records Silent Night
  • Jun 9, 1942: Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes Minister in Gerbrandy government
  • Jun 10, 1942: Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173
  • Jun 11, 1942: German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa
  • Jun 12, 1942: Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present
  • Jun 13, 1942: FDR creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head
  • Jun 14, 1942: French government of Reynaud resigns
  • Jun 17, 1942: First World War II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast).
  • Jun 18, 1942: Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
  • Jun 19, 1942: Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 hits
  • Jun 20, 1942: Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews
  • Jun 21, 1942: President Roosevelt / Premier Churchill arrives in Washington, DC
  • Jun 22, 1942: Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon
  • Jun 23, 1942: World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
  • Jun 24, 1942: Africa Corps occupy Egypt
  • Jun 25, 1942: British Premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London
  • Jun 26, 1942: German assault on British at Mersa Matruh
  • Jun 27, 1942: PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk
  • Jun 28, 1942: Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York).
  • Jun 29, 1942: WWII: The German Eleventh Army under Erich von Manstein takes Sevastopol, although fighting rages until July 9.
  • Jun 30, 1942: 144 U-boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month
  • Jul 1, 1942: German troops conquer Sebastopol
  • Jul 3, 1942: Germany troop march into Sebastopol
  • Jul 4, 1942: 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe
  • Jul 5, 1942: Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
  • Jul 6, 1942: 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York
  • Jul 7, 1942: Germany troop march into Woronezj
  • Jul 8, 1942: Turkish prime minister Refik Saydam died while working in office. For one day he is succeeded by Ahmet Fikri Tüzer
  • Jul 9, 1942: Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews
  • Jul 10, 1942: Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
  • Jul 13, 1942: 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by Nazis
  • Jul 14, 1942: 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork
  • Jul 15, 1942: 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz
  • Jul 16, 1942: French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris
  • Jul 17, 1942: Transport nr 6 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
  • Jul 18, 1942: First legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens.
  • Jul 19, 1942: German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and Hague
  • Jul 20, 1942: Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy 8-8
  • Jul 21, 1942: Eight die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia.
  • Jul 22, 1942: 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks
  • Jul 23, 1942: German troops conquer Rostow
  • Jul 25, 1942: German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja
  • Jul 26, 1942: RAF bombs Hamburg
  • Jul 28, 1942: Nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto
  • Jul 29, 1942: Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd
  • Jul 30, 1942: German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in the Netherlands
  • Jul 31, 1942: German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
  • Aug 1, 1942: Deurne soccer team forms
  • Aug 2, 1942: 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp
  • Aug 4, 1942: 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
  • Aug 5, 1942: British government cancels agreement of Munich
  • Aug 6, 1942: Assinibaine destroyer sinks U-210
  • Aug 7, 1942: Resistance bombs Rotterdam railway
  • Aug 8, 1942: Monty appointed Commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein
  • Aug 9, 1942: 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland
  • Aug 10, 1942: Gen B Montgomery becomes Commandant British 8th leader in N Africa
  • Aug 11, 1942: 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium
  • Aug 12, 1942: British Premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin
  • Aug 13, 1942: RKO Radio Pictures premieres the Disney film Bambi in the US at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
  • Aug 14, 1942: Dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa
  • Aug 15, 1942: 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
  • Aug 16, 1942: Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow
  • Aug 17, 1942: 1st European bombing run undertaken by US forces
  • Aug 19, 1942: 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France
  • Aug 20, 1942: Dim-out regulations implemented in San Francisco, California.
  • Aug 21, 1942: Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus
  • Aug 22, 1942: Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
  • Aug 23, 1942: 1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal
  • Aug 24, 1942: Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands
  • Aug 25, 1942: SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht Neth
  • Aug 26, 1942: Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay
  • Aug 27, 1942: Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy
  • Aug 28, 1942: 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0
  • Aug 30, 1942: Nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg
  • Aug 31, 1942: Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault
  • Sep 1, 1942: Fed judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans
  • Sep 2, 1942: German troops enter Stalingrad
  • Sep 3, 1942: World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva, in present-day Belarus.
  • Sep 5, 1942: Battle at Alam Halfa ends
  • Sep 6, 1942: 56th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough
  • Sep 7, 1942: 62nd US Mens Tennis: F Schroeder Jr beats F Parker
  • Sep 9, 1942: 1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon
  • Sep 10, 1942: British troops lands on Madagascar
  • Sep 12, 1942: Free-Poland and Belgium asks Pope to condemn Nazi-war crimes
  • Sep 13, 1942: German forces attack Stalingrad.
  • Sep 14, 1942: German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1
  • Sep 15, 1942: US aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal
  • Sep 16, 1942: Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled
  • Sep 18, 1942: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is authorized.
  • Sep 20, 1942: Gunther Hagg becomes world champion of all records from 1500m to 5000m.
  • Sep 21, 1942: 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
  • Sep 22, 1942: Meulenberg robs of church bells
  • Sep 23, 1942: Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions
  • Sep 24, 1942: Andrée Borrel and Lise de Baissac become the first female SOE agents to be parachuted into occupied France.
  • Sep 25, 1942: World War II: Swiss Police Instruction of September 25, 1942 : this instruction denied entry into Switzerland to Jewish refugees.
  • Sep 27, 1942: Heavy German assault in Stalingrad
  • Sep 28, 1942: Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
  • Sep 29, 1942: Government of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich
  • Sep 30, 1942: 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons)
  • Oct 1, 1942: Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing
  • Oct 2, 1942: Queen Mary slices cruiser Curacao in half, killing 338
  • Oct 3, 1942: FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization
  • Oct 4, 1942: German assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad
  • Oct 5, 1942: 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred
  • Oct 6, 1942: Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram
  • Oct 7, 1942: 1 salvo Katjoesja-rocket destroys Nazi battalion in Stalingrad
  • Oct 8, 1942: Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal
  • Oct 9, 1942: The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.
  • Oct 10, 1942: 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt
  • Oct 11, 1942: World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance : On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
  • Oct 12, 1942: Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division
  • Oct 14, 1942: Dobbe resistances group overthrows Bonkarten distribution
  • Oct 16, 1942: Aaron Copland / de Milles ballet Rodeo, premieres in New York City
  • Oct 18, 1942: Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed
  • Oct 20, 1942: "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations.
  • Oct 22, 1942: 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
  • Oct 23, 1942: 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk
  • Oct 24, 1942: 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry
  • Oct 25, 1942: 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive
  • Oct 26, 1942: 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
  • Oct 27, 1942: 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles / Australian advance
  • Oct 28, 1942: 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery
  • Oct 29, 1942: 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault
  • Oct 30, 1942: 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault
  • Oct 31, 1942: 94 U-boats sunk this month
  • Nov 1, 1942: 10th day of battle at El Alamein
  • Nov 2, 1942: 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir
  • Nov 3, 1942: 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault
  • Nov 4, 1942: 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing
  • Nov 5, 1942: Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris
  • Nov 6, 1942: Nazis execute 12,000 Minsk ghetto Jews
  • Nov 7, 1942: Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record
  • Nov 8, 1942: Allies under Eisenhower land in N-Africa
  • Nov 9, 1942: German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish Premier
  • Nov 10, 1942: US troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco
  • Nov 11, 1942: 745 French Jews deported to Auschwitz
  • Nov 12, 1942: In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began
  • Nov 13, 1942: Chaotic sea battle of Friday the 13th at Guadalcanal
  • Nov 14, 1942: Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
  • Nov 15, 1942: World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
  • Nov 16, 1942: Assault of US B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed
  • Nov 18, 1942: Thornton Wilders Skin of our Teeth, premieres in New York City
  • Nov 19, 1942: Joseph Goebbels visits German Theatre in the Niederlanden
  • Nov 20, 1942: 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
  • Nov 21, 1942: Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in Tale of Two Kitties
  • Nov 22, 1942: General Major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov
  • Nov 23, 1942: 3rd and 5th Romanian army corp surrenders
  • Nov 24, 1942: Field Marshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
  • Nov 25, 1942: National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms
  • Nov 26, 1942: Anti fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms
  • Nov 27, 1942: Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ
  • Nov 28, 1942: 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston
  • Nov 29, 1942: US rations coffee
  • Nov 30, 1942: 109 U-boats sunk this month
  • Dec 1, 1942: Gasoline rationed in US
  • Dec 2, 1942: 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction
  • Dec 4, 1942: FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
  • Dec 5, 1942: CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto
  • Dec 6, 1942: RAF bombs Philips factory
  • Dec 7, 1942: World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
  • Dec 8, 1942: 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB).
  • Dec 10, 1942: North Africa: 5th German Panzer Army forms under Colonel-General von Arnim.
  • Dec 11, 1942: Australian / Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia
  • Dec 12, 1942: German offensive in South Western Stalingrad.
  • Dec 13, 1942: Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader.
  • Dec 15, 1942: Massachusetts issues first US vehicular license plate tabs.
  • Dec 17, 1942: Allies in London sentence German war criminals.
  • Dec 20, 1942: World War II: Bombing of Calcutta by the Japanese.
  • Dec 21, 1942: US Supreme court declares Nevada marriage separation legal.
  • Dec 22, 1942: World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
  • Dec 24, 1942: World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
  • Dec 25, 1942: Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death
  • Dec 27, 1942: NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14.
  • Dec 28, 1942: Robert Sullivan becomes first pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean 100 times.
  • Dec 31, 1942: 60 U-boats sunk this month
  • Jan 2, 1942: World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.

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What does the year 1942 refer to in the Gregorian calendar?

The year 1942 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 43rd year of the 20th century and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1941 and precedes 1943.

calendars for year 1942

Can you show me the calendar for the year 1942?

February 1942
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9101112131415
16171819202122
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September 1942
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
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November 1942
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1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30