Date: September 10, 1942
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World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSย Cornwall and HMSย Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island. Date: April 5, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 5…
World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union. Date: June 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Grossaktion Warsaw Begins: Deportation of Jews from Warsaw Ghetto, July…
World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shลhล; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships. Date: May 7, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia…
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 1942Fall of Singapore: British Surrender, 80,000 POWs, February 15, 1942French…
World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. Date: April 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942RMS Laconia Torpedoed in World War…
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ …