Hisdates•ComPage 10: Historical Events In 1942
Friday, 18 April 2025
May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed on this day in history. 
May 03 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter in the year 1942.
May 03 Nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands on this day in history.
May 04 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) in the year 1942.
May 04 On this day in history food first rationed in US
May 04 In the year 1942 german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) in the year 1942.
May 04 The Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today in the year 1942.
May 05 On this day in history battle of Coral Sea
May 05 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar on this day in history.
May 05 On this day in history uS begins rationing sugar during WWII
May 06 On this day in history cAPT Milton Miles arrives in Chungking, China, to begin building an intelligence and guerilla training organization, Naval Group China
May 06 On this day in history corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
May 07 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion in the year 1942.
May 07 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 in the year 1942.
May 07 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed on this day in history.
May 08 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea on this day in history.
May 08 In the year 1942 battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack
May 08 German summer offensive opens in Crimea on this day in history.
May 08 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 in the year 1942.
May 09 On this day in history 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
May 10 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 on this day in history.
May 11 In the year 1942 german submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec
May 11 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa in the year 1942.
May 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz in the year 1942.
May 12 In the year 1942 david Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
May 12 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River in the year 1942.
May 12 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 in the year 1942.
May 13 In the year 1942 helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
May 13 In the year 1942 helicopter makes its first cross-country flight
May 13 Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1942.
May 13 US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji in the year 1942.
May 14 On this day in history the Women's Auxilliary Army Corps (WACS) is established
May 14 US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms in the year 1942.
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