Date: February 27, 1942
Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers. Date: February 1, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi. Date: August 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942…
The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews. Date: September 21, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 21 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Dov Lopatyn Leads Lakhva Ghetto Uprising, World War II, September 3, 1942Battle of Los…
World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrenders to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese complete their Dutch East Indies campaign. Date: March 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people. Date: March 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Fall of Singapore: British Surrender, 80,000 POWs, February 15, 1942Japanese…
World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner. Date: June 21, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Invade Ambon, Allied POWs Killed – January 30,…