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1942 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
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January 1 – World War II: The term "United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact.January 2 – World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in Solvec(owned by Charles Henry de Silva), Philippines.January 5 – Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thamesestuary – assumed drowned.January 6 – Pan American Airlinesbecomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.January 8 - Stephen Hawking, British physicist (d. 2018)January 17 – Muhammad Ali, American boxer (d. 2016)January 23 - Brian Croucher, British actorJanuary 25 - Eusebio, Portuguese footballerJanuary 6 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (b. 1876)January 14 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (born 1883)January 16 – Carole Lombard, actressJanuary 26 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (born 1868)People also ask
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Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
February 25 – Battle of Los Angeles: Over 1,400 AA shells are fired at an unidentified, slow-moving object in the skies over Los Angeles. The appearance of the object triggers an immediate wartime blackout over most of Southern California, with thousands of air raid wardens being deployed throughout the city.
Nighthawks is a 1942 oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist Edward Hopper that portrays four people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner's large glass window. The light coming from the diner illuminates a darkened and deserted urban streetscape.
The 1942 United States elections were held on November 3, 1942, and elected the members of the 78th United States Congress. In Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's unprecedented third mid-term election and during World War II, the Republican Party picked up seats in both chambers. Still, the Democrats retained control of Congress .
This is a timeline of events that occurred during World War II in 1942. January. 1: Twenty-six Allied countries signed the Declaration by United Nations during the Arcadia Conference. [1] 2: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. They also take Cavite naval base, and the American and Filipino troops continue the retreat into Bataan. [1]
