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History of the United States (1918–1945) Timeline of United States history (1930–1949) ... Events from the year 1942 in the United States. Incumbents
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. [1]
Al Milnar of the Cleveland Indians and Tommy Bridges of the Detroit Tigers had one of the most epic pitchers' duels in baseball history. With the game locked in a scoreless tie in the top of the ninth inning, Milnar lost a no-hitter with two out when Doc Cramer singled to right field. Both pitchers maintained their shutouts until the fifteenth ...
1942, clockwise from top left: British artillery barrage opens the Battle of El Alamein; the Jews of Salonika are rounded up for deportation to extermination camps; Soviet troops of the Great Patriotic War fight the Battle of Stalingrad; USS Lexington (CV-2) under fire at the Battle of the Coral Sea; Reinhard Heydrich's car after attack by Czech resistance; 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking troops ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... The following events occurred in January 1942: ... This very reassembling of the Seventy-seventh Congress today is proof of ...
Just 72 years ago, the movie Bambi won America's hearts when it premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Check out the video above for amazing Disney facts! More on This Day in History ...
The last British cavalry charge in history occurred when about 60 Sikh sowars of the Burma Frontier Force attacked Japanese infantry at Taungoo. Most were killed. [30] [31] German submarines U-442 and U-517 were commissioned. The spy film Secret Agent of Japan starring Preston Foster premiered at the Globe Theatre in New York City.
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