Date: February 2, 1942
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The Turkish parliament passes the Varlฤฑk 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 โ ๐ Other events on November 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1942…
World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. Date: January 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Dutch East Indies Surrenders to Japan, World War II, March…
The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps. Date: March 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: Japanese…
World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI. Date: April 15, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 15 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto Established in German-Occupied Poland, April…
World War II: The German submarine U-69 (1940) sinks the Canadian passenger ferry SS Caribou approximately 20 nautical miles southwest of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Date: October 14, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on October 14 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Beลลผec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day. Date: August 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 26 ๐ Events…