Date: May 8, 1942
Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. Date: February 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Anne Miller Becomes…
World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor. Date: November 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This…
Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead. Date: March 14, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Invasion of Tulagi…
World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return". Date: March 20, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1942…
World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya. Date: May 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Declaration by United Nations Signed by 26 Nations January 1, 1942Beisfjord Massacre: 288 Yugoslav…
World War II: The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also…