In This Our Life
Release year: 1942
Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Dennis Morgan
Country: United States of America
April 1942 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1942.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on April 1942: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 1942?
Events
- 01 Apr 1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang, Timor.
- 05 Apr 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.
- 09 Apr 1942 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
- 10 Apr 1942 Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland.
- 11 Apr 1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized.
- 12 Apr 1942 Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan.
- 13 Apr 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.
- 14 Apr 1942 Destroyer Roper sinks German submarine U-85 off US east coast.
- 15 Apr 1942 George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta
- 16 Apr 1942 King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta
- 17 Apr 1942 Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp.
- 18 Apr 1942 James H Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities
- 19 Apr 1942 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Massachusetts in 2:26:51.2.
- 20 Apr 1942 German occupiers forbid Dutch access to their beach.
- 21 Apr 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.
- 23 Apr 1942 William Temple enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 26 Apr 1942 The Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
- 27 Apr 1942 Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma, USA killing 100, injuring 300.
- 28 Apr 1942 Nightly "dim-out" begins along the US East Coast.
- 29 Apr 1942 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in the Netherlands and Vichy-France
- 30 Apr 1942 First submarine built on Great Lakes is launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA.
Famous Birthday
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American singer and actress, began rising steadily upwards from 1961 by doing TV, records, Broadway, magazine covers and film.
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Famous Deaths
Composer, dies at 63.
Dutch Painter / etcher, dies at 80.
Writer, dies at 52.
Composer, dies at 51.
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Movies
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Larceny, Inc.
Release year: 1942
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson
Saboteur
Release year: 1942
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter
Country: United States of America
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Release year: 1942
Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Starring: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles
Country: United States of America
Kid Glove Killer
Release year: 1942
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds