1942
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century–20th century–21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s1920s1930s–1940s–1950s1960s1970s |
| Years: | 193919401941–1942–194319441945 |
1942(MCMXLII) was acommon year starting on Thursdayin theGregorian calendar,the 1942nd year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 942nd year of the2nd millennium,the 42nd year of the20th century,and the 3rd year of the1940sdecade.
Events
[change|change source]- January 1–World War II:The term "United Nations"is first officially used to describe the Allied pact.
- January 2–World War II:Manilais captured byJapaneseforces. The Japanese Admiral stays inSolvec(owned by Charles Henry de Silva), Philippines.
- January 5–Amy Johnsondisappears in flight overRiver Thamesestuary – assumed drowned.
- January 6–Pan American Airlinesbecomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.
- January 7–World War II:Siege of theBataan Peninsulabegins.
- January 11–World War II:Japandeclares war on theNetherlandsand invades theNetherlands East Indies.
- January 11–World War II:TheJapanesecaptureKuala Lumpur.
- January 12–PresidentFranklin Rooseveltcreates theNational War Labor Board.
- January 13–Henry Fordpatents aplasticautomobile,which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
- January 16– Airplane crashes nearLas Vegas.Dead includeCarole Lombardand her mother.
- January 19–World War II:Japaneseforces invadeBurma.
- January 20–World War II:Nazisat theWannsee conferenceinBerlindecide that the "final solutionto theJewishproblem "is relocation, and later extermination.
- January 25–World War II:Thailanddeclares war on theUnited StatesandUnited Kingdom.
- January 26–World War II:The first American forces arrive inEuropelanding inNorthern Ireland.
- July 6- The family ofAnne Frankgoes into hiding at the secret annex inAmsterdam.
- October 23-World War II:Battleof El Alamein
Births
[change|change source]- January 8-Stephen Hawking,Britishphysicist(d.2018)
- January 17–Muhammad Ali,American boxer (d.2016)
- January 23-Brian Croucher,British actor
- January 25-Eusebio,Portuguese footballer
- January 27-Stewart Raffill,British writer and director
- January 31–Gloria Gebbia,American businesswoman
- February 2-Graham Nash,British singer-songwriter andguitarist(Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
- February 9-Carole King,American pianist
- February 12–Huey Newton,Black Panther
- February 13-Peter Tork,American keyboardist (The Monkees) (d.2019)
- February 21-Margarethe von Trotta,German movie director
- February 28-Dino Zoff,Italian footballer
- March 5-Felipe Gonzalez,formerPrime MinisterofSpain
- March 8–Jan Vyčítal,Czech musician
- March 17-John Wayne Gacy,American serial killer (d.1994;executed)
- March 24-Stephen Yardley,British actor (Howards' Way)
- March 25-Aretha Franklin,American singer (d.2018)
- April 1-Philip Margo,American singer (The Tokens)
- April 16-Frank Williams,BritishFormula Oneteam principal
- April 20-Arto Paasilinna,Finnish writer
- April 24-Barbra Streisand,American singer
- May 22-Theodore Kaczynski,American serial bomber (unabomber)
- June 1-Eric Nagler,Canadian children’s musician
- June 7-Muammar Gaddafi,Libyan leader (d.2011)
- June 18–Roger Ebert,American movie critic (d.2013)
- June 18– SirPaul McCartney,British musician (The Beatles)
- June 20-Brian Wilson,American singer-songwriter (The Beach Boys)
- July 6-Izora Armstead,American singer (The Weather Girls) (d.2004)
- July 9–Richard Roundtree,American Actor (d.2023)
- July 13-Harrison Ford,American actor
- August 1-Michael Martchenko,Canadian illustrator
- August 2-Isabel Allende,Chileannovelist
- August 7–B.J. Thomas,singer
- August 27-Daryl Dragon,American songwriter (Captain & Tennille) (d.2019)
- September 29-Madeline Kahn,American actress (d.1999)
- October 31–David Ogden Stiers,American actor
- November 7–Johnny Rivers,Americanmusician
- November 27–Jimi Hendrix,American musician (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d.1970)
- December 7-Harry Chapin,American folk musician (d.1981)
- December 23-Quentin Bryce,Governor-General of Australia
- December 26-Gray Davis,formerGovernorofCalifornia
- December 30–Michael Nesmith,musician and member ofthe Monkees
- December 30–Janko Prunk,Slovenianhistorian
- December 31-Andy Summers,Englishguitarist(The Police)
- People who were born in this year but their day of birth is unknown
- Ningali Cullen- Australian activist
Deaths
[change|change source]- January 6–Henri de Baillet-Latour,Belgian International Olympic Committee president (b.1876)
- January 14–Porfirio Barba-Jacob,Colombian poet and writer (born1883)
- January 16–Carole Lombard,actress
- January 26–Felix Hausdorff,German mathematician (born1868)
- February 19–Frank Abbandando,Mafia hitman (executed)
- February 28–Karel Doorman,Dutch admiral
- March 1–Cornelius Vanderbilt III,military officer, inventor, engineer
- March 8–José Raúl Capablanca,Cuban chess player
- April 15–Robert Musil,Austrian novelist
- April 18–Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney,sculptor and socialite
- May 3–Thorvald Stauning,Prime Minister of Denmark
- May 7–Felix Weingartner,Yugoslavian conductor (born1863)
- May 29–John Barrymore,actor (born1882)
- c.June 18–Elsa Binder,Polish–born Jewish diarist and supposedHolocaustvictim (bornc.1920)
- July 13-Irving Cutler,Airman Aboard a B-24 Bombing BengaziLibya[1]
- July 23–Adam Czerniakow,Polish Jew (suicide)
- August 3–Richard Willstätter,German chemist,Nobel Prizelaureate (born1872)
- August 6–Jonathan Campbell,movie pioneer (born1875)
- August 25–Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
- September 17-Cecilia Beaux,American painter (born1855)
- November 1–Hugo Distler,German composer (born1908)
- November 5–George M. Cohan,American songwriter and entertainer
- November 19–Bruno Schulz,Polish writer and painter (shot) (born1892)
- December 22–Franz Boas,German anthropologist (born1858)
- December 25-Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan,British Indianstatesman (born1892)
Movies released
[change|change source]References
[change|change source]- ↑"Irving Cutler".Archived fromthe originalon 2017-11-16.Retrieved2017-11-30.