Date: November 26, 1942
World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea. Date: January 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Corregidor Surrender Ends Last U.S. Resistance in Philippines, May…
The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps. Date: July 15, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Midway Ends in American Victory, June…
World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations. Date: December 10, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The Turkish parliament passes the Varlık Vergisi, a capital tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens with the unofficial aim to inflict financial ruin on them and end their prominence in the country's economy. Date: November 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942…
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 1942World…
The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported. Date: May 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅…