What happened on Friday June 12, 1942?

Here's what happened on June 12, 1942:

• Anne Frank Receives Her Diary On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank receives a diary that would later become one of the most poignant and significant personal accounts of the Holocaust, documenting her experiences hiding from Nazi persecution in Amsterdam.
• Nazi Directive for Slavic Enslavement Adolf Hitler issues a directive ordering the systematic enslavement of Slavic peoples as part of the Nazi regime's brutal racial ideology and expansionist policies during World War II.
• Battle of Bir Hakeim Concludes The Battle of Bir Hakeim ends with German and Italian forces capturing the strategic location in Libya, though most of the defending Free French forces had been successfully evacuated.
• Michael Kitzelmann Executed Michael Kitzelmann, a 26-year-old German soldier, is executed for courageously condemning Nazi atrocities, demonstrating rare moral resistance within the German military during World War II.
• Bert Sakmann Born Bert Sakmann, a renowned German physiologist who would later win the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work in cell physiology, is noted on this date.
• Oklahoma City Tornado Disaster A devastating tornado strikes Oklahoma City, resulting in 35 fatalities and significant destruction, highlighting the region's vulnerability to severe weather events.
• Jeannette Corbiere Lavell Born Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, an important Indigenous rights activist from Wiikwemkoong, Ontario, Canada, is born. She would later become significant in advocating for Indigenous women's rights.
• German Submarine U-522 Commissioned The German submarine U-522 is commissioned, joining the Nazi naval fleet during World War II's critical maritime warfare period.

Events in 1942

June 12, 1942: What were the magazines covers and newspapers that day?

Magazines from Jun. 12, 1942

Newspapers from Jun. 12, 1942

June 12, 1942 was a Friday and it was the 163rd day of the year 1942 in the Gregorian calendar.

June 12, 1942 can also be written as 6/12/1942 in the US and as 12/6/1942 in UK and Europe.

June 12, 1942 in June 1942 calendar

Famous people born on June 12, 1942:

• Bert Sakmann

  Renowned German physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1991 for his groundbreaking research on ion channels in...

• David Rumelhart

Famous people born in 1942

Famous people born on June 12th

Famous people died on June 12, 1942:

• Leon De La Mothe
• Anna Vasil'evna Jakimova
• Laura Papo Bohoreta
• Margaret Turnbull

Famous people who died in 1942

Famous people who died on June 12th

The Zodiac and Astrological sign for June 12th is Gemini.

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Babies born in June are either Gemini or Cancer. People born before June 20th are Gemini, while people born from June 21st have the sign of Cancer.

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June 12, 1942: What is the Chinese Zodiac Sign for that day?

The Chinese Zodiac sign for June 12, 1942 is Horse and the associated element is Water.

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Moon phase

The moon phase on June 12, 1942 was Waning crescent.

The moon phase refers to the appearance of the Moon in the night sky on June 12, 1942 and is determined by the portion of the Moon's illuminated surface that is visible from Earth.

An observer located in New York City on June 12, 1942 at 10pm, would see the moon, being 0% full, rising at 04:51 am and setting at 08:09 pm.

The previous full moon was on May 30, 1942 while the next full moon would come on Jun 28, 1942.

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Your place in the Universe on June 12, 1942

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Someone born on June 12, 1942 is:

82 years 11 months old,

or 995 months and 2 days old,

or 4326 weeks and 5 days old,

or 30287 days old,

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How many days until your next birthday if you were born on June 12, 1942?

There are 29 days until your next birthday, which will occur on Thursday June 12th 2025.

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What generation do you belong to if you were born on June 12, 1942?

You belong to the Silent Generation if you were born on June 12, 1942.

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