What Happened in 1942

Marilyn Monroe Marries Jim Dougherty

Norma Jeane entered Van Nuys High School in September of 1941, but her days as a typical high-school girl were numbered. At about that time, Doc... Read more

Battle of Voronezh (1942)

The Battle of Voronezh was a battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, fought in and around the strategically important city of Voronezh on the... Read more

Germany Initiates Case Blue

Case Blue (German: Fall Blau) was the German codename used by the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) for its 1942 strategic summer offensive in... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes The Moving Finger

The Moving Finger is detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 and in UK by the... Read more

SS Assumes Control of Westerbork Refugee Camp, Converting it to a Concentration Camp

Westerbork concentration camp (Dutch: Kamp Westerbork, German: Durchgangslager Westerbork) was a World War II concentration camp in Hooghalen, ten... Read more

Anne Frank and her Family Move into their Amsterdam Hiding Place to Evade the Nazis

On the morning of Monday, 6 July 1942, the family moved into the hiding place. Their apartment was left in a state of disarray to create the... Read more

Anne Frank and her Family are Joined by the Pels Family at the Achterhuis

On 13 July, the Franks were joined by the van Pels family: Hermann, Auguste, and 16-year-old Peter, and then in November by Fritz Pfeffer, a... Read more

"The Pride Of The Yankees" Is Released

The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film directed by Sam Wood about the New York Yankees baseball player, first baseman Lou Gehrig, who... Read more

Battle of Stalingrad Begins

The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle of World War II between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of... Read more

Construction of Treblinka Nazi Extermination Camp is Completed

Treblinka II was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II. Around 850,000 people - more than 99.5 percent of whom... Read more

Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project, formally constituted in August 1942, was the code name for the federally funded research program to develop the atomic bomb.... Read more

The All India Congress Committee Launches the Quit India Movement

The "Quit India" resolution passed by the All-India Congress Committee brought it into a head-on collision with the Government in August 1942. The... Read more

Gandhi is Arrested, Along with the Entire Congress Working Committee

World War II broke out in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Initially, Gandhi had favored offering "non-violent moral support" to the British... Read more

Bambi is released

Bambi is a 1942 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on the book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten.... Read more

Joseph Stalin Drafts A Memorandum To Winston Churchill And Franklin Roosevelt

On August 13, 1942, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin drafted a memorandum to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin... Read more

Mahadev Desai, Gandhi's Personal Secretary, Dies From Heart Failure

Gandhi and the entire Congress Working Committee were arrested in Bombay by the British on 9 August 1942. Gandhi was held for two years in the Aga... Read more

Makin Island Raid

The Makin Island Raid (pronounced, "Muckin") (occurred on August 17, 1942 – August 18, 1942) was an attack by the United States Marine Corps on... Read more

Sinyavin Offensive/Operation Nordlicht

Operation Northern Light (German: Unternehmen Nordlicht) and the Sinyavin Offensive refers to two near simultaneous military operations by planned... Read more

Elvis Presley entered the first grade

In September 1942, Presley entered first grade at Lawhon School in Tupelo. He was considered a "well-mannered and quiet child", but sometimes... Read more

"The Major And The Minor" Is Released

The Major and the Minor is a 1942 film. It is a romantic comedy that represented Billy Wilder's feature debut as film director in Hollywood. Read more

First Flight of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Designed in 1940 as an eventual replacement for the B-17 and B-24, the first B-29 made its maiden flight on Sept. 21, 1942. In December 1943 U.S.... Read more

German Paratroopers Land near Grozny to Join Forces with Chechen Rebels

Abwehr's Nordkaukasische Sonderkommando Schamil landed in several points in Chechnya, coordinating strikes with rebels. On 25 September 1942 German... Read more

Ronald Reagan Appears as Johnny Hammond in "Desperate Journey"

Desperate Journey is a 1942 American World War II aviation film starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan. The supporting cast includes Raymond... Read more

John F. Kennedy Writes To Clare Boothe Luce

In 1942, John F. Kennedy entered the United States Navy to join American forces fighting in World War II. Prior to his departure, playwright Clare... Read more

1942 World Series

The 1942 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning the Series in... Read more