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Events from the year 1942 in the United States. Incumbents ... List of American films of 1942; Timeline of United States history (1930–1949) Timeline of World War II;
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]
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 ...
1942 - Sugar and gasoline are rationed; 1942 – Office of Price Administration; 1942 – Cocoanut Grove fire kills 492 people, leads to vast reforms in fire codes and safety standards; 1942 – Congress of Racial Equality; 1942 – Revenue Act of 1942; 1942 – Doolittle Raid; 1942 – Battle of the Coral Sea; 1942 – Battle of Midway; 1942 ...
9–29 January – 1942 Betteshanger miners' strike in the Kent Coalfield. 10 January – World War II : Liverpool Blitz ends with German bombs dropped in the Stanhope Street area of the city, with nine people dying and many more suffering injuries.
The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late 24 February to early 25 February 1942, over Los Angeles, California.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... This is a list of timelines of events over the period of World War II. ... (1942) Timeline of ...
The following events occurred in July 1942: July 1, 1942 (Wednesday) The ... It was the first night game in All-Star history. July 7, 1942 (Tuesday)