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Action of 13 May 1942: Motor Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy attempted to stop the German auxiliary cruiser Stier from reaching Gironde, France. Although Stier made it through the English channel, two German torpedo boats were sunk with one British MTB lost in return. Operation Trio concluded.
The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia. Taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II , the battle was the first naval action in which the opposing fleets neither sighted nor fired upon one another ...
The Battle of Corregidor (Filipino: Labanan sa Corregidor; Japanese: コレヒドールの戦い), fought on 5–6 May 1942, was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
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 ...
13 May – Jeff Astle, British footballer (died 2002) 18 May – Nobby Stiles, England footballer (died 2020) 20 May – Lynn Davies, Welsh long jump Olympic champion [18] 24 May – Sir Fraser Stoddart, Scottish-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (died 2024) 25 May – Brian Davison, rock drummer (died 2008)
May 1. Stephen Macht, American actor; Jean Saubert, American alpine ski racer (d. 2007) May 5 – Tammy Wynette, American country singer (d. 1998) May 6 – David Friesen, bassist; May 9. John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General; Jerry Buchek, American baseball player (d. 2019) May 10. Bill Coday, American musician and singer (d. 2008)
Japanese occupation of Philippines: December 1941 – May 1942 Battle of Bataan (1942), January–April 1942; Battle of Corregidor: May 1942; Battle of Dutch Harbor: June 1942; Battle of Midway: June 1942; Japanese occupation of Kiska: June 1942; Japanese occupation of Attu: June 1942; Japanese occupation of Dutch East Indies: December 1941 ...
Pages in category "May 1942" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. Action of 13 May 1942; A.