Date: September 13, 1942
World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. Date: August 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup: Vichy France Arrests 13,152 Jews, July 16, 1942Battle of the Java Sea: Allied…
World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan) Date: January 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Invade Christmas Island During World War II March 31, 1942Operation…
World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. Date: January 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: German 11th Army Destroys Kerch Bridgehead, May…
Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi. Date: August 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942…
World War II: An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire. Date: April 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Benxihu Colliery…
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. Date: May 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Assault on Bataan…