Nikola Vaptsarov Executed by Firing Squad July 23, 1942
Date: July 23, 1942
Date: July 23, 1942
Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance. 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 1942Congress Approves Quit India Resolution, Authorizes Gandhiโs Independence Campaign – July…
World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp. Date: April 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 19 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: Royal Navy…
Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. Date: February 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942British Force Disables…
The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling. Date: February 2, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Imperial Japanese Navy…
World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Kรถnigstein Fortress. Date: April 17, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Lidice Massacre in World War II June…
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 …