Page 12: Historical Events In 1942
Friday, 18 April 2025
May 30 On this day in history reichsführer Himmler arrives in Prague
May 30 In the year 1942 uS aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
May 31 Japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour in the year 1942.
May 31 Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury in the year 1942.
May 31 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated in the year 1942.
Jun 01 On this day in history ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53
Jun 01 Treblinka opens in the year 1942.
Jun 02 Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator on this day in history.
Jun 02 The birth of Barry Levinson, American film director in the year 1942.
Jun 03 Battle of Midway Island begins in the year 1942.
Jun 04 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II on this day in history.
Jun 04 In the year 1942 battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II
Jun 04 In the year 1942 capitol Record Co opens for business
Jun 04 In the year 1942 japanese suffer heavy losses at Midway Island
Jun 04 In the year 1942 reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies
Jun 04 In the year 1942 the Battle of Midway begins
Jun 05 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie on this day in history.
Jun 05 Eichmann officially notes that since December 1941, 97,000 people have been "processed" in three gas-vans in the year 1942.
Jun 06 In the year 1942 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
Jun 06 In the year 1942 japanese are turned back at the Battle of Midway.
Jun 06 On this day in history japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
Jun 06 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich on this day in history.
Jun 06 In the year 1942 the first nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
Jun 07 Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan on this day in history.
Jun 07 In the year 1942 uSS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island
Jun 08 Bing Cosby records "Silent Night" in the year 1942.
Jun 08 In the year 1942 eisenhower is appointed Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations.
Jun 08 In the year 1942 tobruk in the African Desert falls to Germans; Axis claims 25,000 prisoners.
Jun 09 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy govt on this day in history.
Jun 10 In the year 1942 jean François van Royen, Sect-Gen of Concentration Camp Amersfoort, dies at 63
Jun 10 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia) Gestapo kills 173 on this day in history.
Jun 10 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173 on this day in history.
Jun 11 On this day in history german army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa
Jun 11 US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II in the year 1942.
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