January 1942 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1942 US and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
• 02 Jan 1942 The 28 nations at war with the Axis pledge no separate peace.
• 03 Jan 1942 American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms.
• 04 Jan 1942 Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida
• 05 Jan 1942 55 German tanks reach North-Africa.
• 06 Jan 1942 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
• 07 Jan 1942 WW II siege of Bataan starts
• 09 Jan 1942 Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in one round for heavyweight boxing title.
• 10 Jan 1942 Japan invades North-Celebes, Dutch East Indies.
• 11 Jan 1942 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.
• 12 Jan 1942 British troops reconquer Sollum.
• 13 Jan 1942 Allied Conference for war trials
• 14 Jan 1942 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo.
• 15 Jan 1942 FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII
• 16 Jan 1942 William Knudsen becomes first civilian appointed a General in US army.
• 19 Jan 1942 Japanese forces invade Burma
• 20 Jan 1942 Japanese invade Burma
• 21 Jan 1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal.
• 22 Jan 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain.
• 23 Jan 1942 Japanese troops occupy Rabaul, New Britain.
• 24 Jan 1942 Musical Star & Garter, premieres in New York City
• 25 Jan 1942 Lieutenant General Rommels African corps reaches Msus
• 26 Jan 1942 1st US force in Europe during WWII go ashore in Northern Ireland
• 28 Jan 1942 German troops occupy Benghazi, Libya.
• 29 Jan 1942 German and Italian troops occupy Benghazi.
• 30 Jan 1942 World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies.
• 31 Jan 1942 62 U-boats sunk this month (327,000 ton)

Famous Birthday

• Muhammad Ali

  American light-heavyweight gold medalist, the only man to win the heavyweight championship of the world three times.

• Stephen Hawking

  British theoretical physicist who was a Professor at the University of Oxford.

• René Angélil

  Canadian singer and manager (of Ginette Reno and then Dion's one) of Syrian and Lebanese descent, he married Céline Dion (his 3rd union) on...

• Richard Bohringer

  French-Senegalese actor, singer, and poet, the father of actress Romane Bohringer.

• Dany Saval
• John Thaw

  English actor and producer (d. 2002).

• Charlie Rose

  American newscaster and journalist, the host of "Charlie Rose" on PBS and a correspondent for "60 Minutes II.

• Charlie Rose

  American newscaster and journalist, the host of "Charlie Rose" on PBS and a correspondent for "60 Minutes II.

• Maurizio Pollini

  Italian musician, a pianist who won the first prize at the International Chopin competition in Warsaw, 1960.

• Alassane Ouattara

  Ivorian economist and politician President of the Ivory Coast.

• Eusébio

  Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (d. 2014).

• Daniela Bianchi

  Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Bond movie From Russia with Love.

• John McLaughlin

  English guitarist and songwriter (The Tony Williams Lifetime Mahavishnu Orchestra Shakti and Remember Shakti).

• Paul Quilès

  French Socialist politician, the Deputy of Tarn département.

• Danièle Thompson
• Michael Crawford

  British actor and singer who captivated theater audiences around the world playing the lead role in "Phantom of the Opera.

• Mac Davis

  American musician, a country flavored ballad singer and star of concert tours 200 days a year.

• Yvette Mimieux

  American film, stage and TV actress with a debut in "The Time Machine" in 1960.

• Claudine Longet

  France -- Former Mrs Andy Williams / singer.

• Yvette Mimieux

  American film, stage and TV actress with a debut in "The Time Machine" in 1960.

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Famous Deaths

• Carole Lombard

  American actress.

• Leon Jessel

  Composer, dies at 70.

• Arvo Hannikainen

  Composer, dies at 44.

• Melvin Winfield Sheppard

  Runner (1908, 12 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies at 58.

• Frederick Jerome Work

  Composer, dies at 61.

• Walter Richard Sickert

  British Painter (Free House!), dies at 81.

• Eugene Samuel-Holeman

  Composer, dies at 78.

• Pablo Luna y Carne

  Composer, dies at 61.

• Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal

  Composer, dies at 92.

• Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Joseph Franklin Rutherford

  American religious publisher (Born 1869).

• Pauline Beersmans [PLJM van Cuyck]

  Flemish actress, dies at age 70.

• Yves Paringaux

  French chief of staff, is murdered.

• Henryk Opienski

  Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at age 72.

• Reimond Tollenaere

  leader Flemish National Front, dies at age 81.

• Gerard L F Philips

  Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at age 83.

• Emma Calve

  French soprano (Born 1858).

• Prince Arthur

  Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria (Born 1850).

• Henry Larkin

  American baseball player (Born 1860).

• Henry

  Prince of Great Britain, the sixth child of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and a younger brother of George III.

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