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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1942: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1942?


Events

  • 01 Jul 1942 German troops conquer Sebastopol
  • 03 Jul 1942 Germany troop march into Sebastopol
  • 04 Jul 1942 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe
  • 05 Jul 1942 Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
  • 06 Jul 1942 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York
  • 07 Jul 1942 Germany troop march into Woronezj
  • 08 Jul 1942 Turkish prime minister Refik Saydam died while working in office. For one day he is succeeded by Ahmet Fikri Tüzer
  • 09 Jul 1942 Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews
  • 10 Jul 1942 Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
  • 13 Jul 1942 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by Nazis
  • 14 Jul 1942 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork
  • 15 Jul 1942 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz
  • 16 Jul 1942 French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris
  • 17 Jul 1942 Transport nr 6 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
  • 18 Jul 1942 First legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens.
  • 19 Jul 1942 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and Hague
  • 20 Jul 1942 Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy 8-8
  • 21 Jul 1942 Eight die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia.
  • 22 Jul 1942 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks
  • 23 Jul 1942 German troops conquer Rostow
  • 25 Jul 1942 German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja
  • 26 Jul 1942 RAF bombs Hamburg
  • 28 Jul 1942 Nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto
  • 29 Jul 1942 Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd
  • 30 Jul 1942 German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in the Netherlands
  • 31 Jul 1942 German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia

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Movies

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The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Sam Wood

Starring: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan

Country: United States of America

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Erle C. Kenton

Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige

Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Mark Sandrich

Starring: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale

Country: United States of America

Smart Alecks

Smart Alecks

Release year: 1942

Directed by: Wallace Fox

Starring: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell

Wake Island

Wake Island

Release year: 1942

Directed by: John Farrow

Starring: Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, William Bendix

Country: United States of America