Date: June 6, 1942
World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces capture Rangoon, Burma from the British. Date: March 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942FBI Convicts 33 in Duquesne Spy Ring, January 2, 1942World War II:…
World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. Date: January 25, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Roosevelt Creates National War Labor Board January 12, 1942Battle of Rabaul Begins…
The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm leads to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasts into the early hours of February 25. Date: February 24, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Guadalcanal…
World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession. Date: March 31, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Anne Miller First American Treated with Penicillin March 14, 1942British Bomber Raid on…
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. Date: May 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942WWII: Fasson and Grazier…
World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded. Date: November 22, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 22 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Australian Federal Government…