Hisdates•ComPage 10: Historical Events In 1942
Thursday, 03 April 2025
May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed on this day in history. 
May 03 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter on this day in history.
May 03 Nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands in the year 1942.
May 04 In the year 1942 battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
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 The Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today on this day in history.
May 05 Battle of Coral Sea in the year 1942.
May 05 In the year 1942 british assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
May 05 In the year 1942 uS begins rationing sugar during WWII
May 06 In the year 1942 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 in the year 1942.
May 07 On this day in history battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
May 07 In the year 1942 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 In the year 1942 aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
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 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 on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
May 11 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa on this day in history.
May 12 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz on this day in history.
May 12 In the year 1942 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 On this day in history helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
May 13 Helicopter makes its first cross-country flight in the year 1942.
May 13 Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
May 13 US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji in the year 1942.
May 14 The Women's Auxilliary Army Corps (WACS) is established on this day in history.
May 14 On this day in history uS Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
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