Hisdates•ComPage 10: Historical Events In 1942
Monday, 20 January 2025
May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed on this day in history. 
May 03 On this day in history luftwaffe bombs Exeter
May 03 In the year 1942 nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands
May 04 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) in the year 1942.
May 04 Food first rationed in US on this day in history.
May 04 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages on this day in history.
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) in the year 1942.
May 04 On this day in history the Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today
May 05 In the year 1942 battle of Coral Sea
May 05 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar in the year 1942.
May 05 US begins rationing sugar during WWII on this day in history.
May 06 CAPT Milton Miles arrives in Chungking, China, to begin building an intelligence and guerilla training organization, Naval Group China on this day in history.
May 06 Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies on this day in history.
May 07 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion on this day in history.
May 07 On this day in history felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
May 07 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed in the year 1942.
May 08 On this day in history aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
May 08 On this day in history battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack
May 08 German summer offensive opens in Crimea in the year 1942.
May 08 On this day in history hMS OLYMPUS, sunk off Malta Grand Harbour - German E-boat-laid mines. On passage with personnel from Malta to Gibraltar, including many of the crews of bombed submarines P.36 and P.39; few survivors
May 09 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57 in the year 1942.
May 10 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 in the year 1942.
May 11 German submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec in the year 1942.
May 11 In the year 1942 japanese troops conquer Kalewa
May 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on this day in history.
May 12 On this day in history david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
May 12 On this day in history nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
May 12 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 on this day in history.
May 13 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight in the year 1942.
May 13 Helicopter makes its first cross-country flight on this day in history.
May 13 Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1942.
May 13 On this day in history uS troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji
May 14 In the year 1942 the Women's Auxilliary Army Corps (WACS) is established
May 14 On this day in history uS Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
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