Date: May 8, 1942
The Jewish resistance organization, Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye, based in the Vilna Ghetto is established. Date: January 21, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Pasir Panjang and Fall of Singapore February 14, 1942World…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Holocaust in Ukraine: Nazis…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅…
World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. Date: December 4, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Fall of Singapore: British Surrender, 80,000 POWs, February 15, 1942Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Operation Uranus…
All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28 are killed when it collides with a U.S. Army Air Force bomber near Palm Springs, California. Date: October 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. Date: January 25, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Java Surrender to Japan in Bandung March 12, 1942U.S. Reinstates…