Date: August 15, 1942
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress. Date: August 6, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Australian Federal Government Becomes Sole…
Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse. Date: July 6, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942French POW General Henri Giraud…
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 1942Second Battle of Kharkov Begins in Eastern Ukraine, May 12, 1942Free French Retreat from…
The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Empire of Japan in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies. Date: March 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942WWII…
Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th symphony premiers in a besieged Leningrad. Date: August 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: U.S. Declares War on Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, June 5, 1942Doolittle Raid Bombs Tokyo,…
World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California. Date: February 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Invasion of Christmas Island March 31, 1942War Relocation Authority…