World War II: Japanese Conquest of Burma Begins, January 19, 1942
Date: January 19, 1942
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Date: January 19, 1942
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Seven hundred ninety-one Romanian Jewish refugees and crew members are killed after the MV Struma is torpedoed by the Soviet Navy. Date: February 24, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 24 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Hitler Issues Fuhrer Directive…
Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated". Date: September 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 26 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Pierre Laval Becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France, April 18,…
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 β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1942 π …
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 β π Other events on March 14 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: Japan…
Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies. Date: May 22, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 22 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Pledge of Allegiance Formally Adopted by U.S. Congress, June 22, 1942Japanese Submarines Shell…
World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at BihaΔ in northwestern Bosnia. Date: November 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 26 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Himmler…