Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1942
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
May 03 On this day in history johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed 
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 On this day in history german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) on this day in history.
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 In the year 1942 british assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
May 05 US begins rationing sugar during WWII in the year 1942.
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 Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies on this day in history.
May 07 In the year 1942 battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
May 07 On this day in history felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
May 07 On this day in history nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed
May 08 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea in the year 1942.
May 08 Battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in the year 1942.
May 08 German summer offensive opens in Crimea in the year 1942.
May 08 In the year 1942 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 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 On this day in history german submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec
May 11 In the year 1942 japanese troops conquer Kalewa
May 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz in the year 1942.
May 12 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine on this day in history.
May 12 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River on this day in history.
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 On this day in history helicopter makes its first cross-country flight
May 13 In the year 1942 hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41
May 13 US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji on this day in history.
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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