Date: July 19, 1942
Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. Date: July 16, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1942…
World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people. Date: February 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Hitler Issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 for Stalingrad…
World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland. Date: January 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Created in U.S. – May 15,…
World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack. Date: August 25, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)…
World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes. Date: March 28, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day…
World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507. Date: May 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Savo Island:…