This article is about the year. For the 1984 Capcom arcade game, see 1942 (video game). 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1942 - Events. 1942 - January. 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 ...

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USS Hornet CV-8, USS Hornet CV-8 - Doolittle Raid April 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Battle of Midway June 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Solomons campaign August–October 1942

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1942 - Unknown date. Roger Angleton, American murderer (d. 1998) Priscilla Davis, American socialite (d. 2001) 1942 - January. January 1 - Martin Frost, American politician January 1 - Gennadi Sarafanov, cosmonaut January 2 - Hugh Shelton, American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff January 3 - John Thaw, English actor (d. 2002) January 5 - Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist January 5 - Charlie Rose, Ame ...

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January January 7 - Supermarine Seafire January 14 - Sikorsky XR-4 February February 27 - Blackburn Firebrand March Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 rotor kite March 20 - Mitsubishi J2M April April 24 - Miles Martinet prototype LR 241 April 26 - XB-28 Dragon May May 26 - Northrop XP-61 June June 26 - Grumman XF6F July July 5 ...

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1942 in aviation - January. January 30 - Canadian Pacific Air Lines formed by the acquisition and merger of Arrow Airways and Canadian Airways, along with all the various subsidiaries of the latter. 1942 in aviation - April. April 18 - Col James Doolittle leads the first US attack on the Japanese mainland, leading a force of sixteen B-25 Mitchells flying from the USS Hornet against Tokyo in what comes to be known as the "Doolittle Raid". April 22 - the USAAF forms China Ferry Command to support the Allied war effo ...

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Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Jewish-American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. After growing up in Baltimore, he attended American University in Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles to work as in actor and writer. His first writing work was for variety shows such as The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, The Lohman and Barkley Show, The Ti ...

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Bergen-Belsen, nowadays usually called merely Belsen, was a German concentration camp in the Nazi era. It was in Lower Saxony, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. The camp was named after the nearby town. Bergen-Belsen - History. Belsen was created in 1940 as a POW camp. Between this time and the spring of 1942 about 18,000 Soviet soldiers died of hunger, cold and disease. In 1942 Bergen-Belsen became a concentration camp, it was placed under SS command in April 1943. In March 1944 the camp w ...

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Bergen-Belsen - History Bergen-Belsen - Liberation and after Bergen-Belsen - Timeline of events

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Malta's geographical position, halfway between the strategic British bases at Gibraltar and Alexandria, close to the Sicilian Channel between Sicily and Tunis and on the sea route between Italy and its possessions in Libya, made it a vital base for control of the Mediterranean sea routes. For Britain this was the short route, via the Suez Canal, to its colonies in India, East Africa and the Far East and also ...

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Malta Convoys, Malta Convoys - Background, Malta Convoys - Italy declares war, Malta Convoys - German involvement, Malta Convoys - The convoys, Malta Convoys - July 1940, Malta Convoys - August 1940 - Operation Hurry, Malta Convoys - October 1940, Malta Convoys - November 1940, Malta Convoys - November 1940 - Operation Collar, Malta Convoys - January 1941 - Operation Excess, Malta Convoys - March 1941, Malta Convoys - April 1941, Malta Convoys - May 1941 - Operation Tiger, Malta Convoys - June 1941, Malta Convoys - July 1941 - Operation Substance, Malta Convoys - August 1941 - Operation Style, Malta Convoys - September 1941, Malta Convoys - September 1941 - Operation Halberd, Malta Convoys - October 1941, Malta Convoys - November 1941, Malta Convoys - November 1941, Malta Convoys - January 1942, Malta Convoys - February 1942, Malta Convoys - March 1942, Malta Convoys - March 1942 - Second Battle of Sirte, Malta Convoys - April 1942, Malta Convoys - May 1942, Malta Convoys - June 1942 - Operations Harpoon [1] and Vigorous, Malta Convoys - July 1942, Malta Convoys - August 1942 - Operation Pedestal, Malta Convoys - September 1942, Malta Convoys - October 1942, Malta Convoys - November 1942 - Operation Stoneage, Malta Convoys - December 1942, Malta Convoys - External references

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USS Stephen Potter (DD-538), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Ensign Stephen Potter (1896–1918), a naval aviator during World War I. Stephen Potter (DD-538) was laid down on 27 October 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.; launched on 28 April 1943; sponsored by Sally and Marian Potter, nieces of Ensign Potter; and commissi ...

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USS Stephen Potter DD-538 - 1944 USS Stephen Potter DD-538 - 1945 USS Stephen Potter DD-538 - 1951 – 1958

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The Battle of Imphal took place in Manipur district of North East India from April until June 1944. This, together with the simultaneous Battle of Kohima, was the turning point of the Burma Campaign, part of the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. Battle of Imphal - The situation. In 1942, the Japanese Army had driven the British, Indian and Chinese troops out of Burma. The retreat of the Allied Burma Corps stopped at Imphal, which lay in a plain which in turn was on one of the few practicable routes ...

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Battle of Imphal - The situation Battle of Imphal - The Japanese plan Battle of Imphal - The battle: opening phases Battle of Imphal - The battle: Allied counter-attacks Battle of Imphal - Royal Air Force Battle of Imphal - Bibliography Battle of Imphal - Notes

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Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (April 7, 1884 – May 16, 1942) was a Polish anthropologist widely considered to be one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century because of his pioneering work on ethnographic fieldwork, the study of reciprocity, and his detailed contribution to the study of Melanesia. Malinowski was born in Kraków, Poland to an upper-middle class family. His father was a professor and his mother the daughter of a land-owning family. As a child he was frail, often suffering from ill-health, y ...

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Bronisław Malinowski - Ideas and achievements Bronisław Malinowski - University positions Bronisław Malinowski - Bibliography Bronisław Malinowski - Sources and further reading

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Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and entertainer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He performed over 25,000 concerts in Las Vegas over a period of over 40 years, earning him the nickname Mr. Las Vegas, his longevity and popularity making him literally synonymous with Las Vegas. Most recently, he performed at the Stardust resort in Las Vegas for 40 weeks out of the year until 2001, in a showroom that was named after him in 1999. Wayne Newton - Early life. Born in Norfolk ...

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Wayne Newton - Early life Wayne Newton - Las Vegas Wayne Newton - Namesakes Wayne Newton - Filmography

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Supply convoys and reinforcements for Malta, other associated activities and Malta-based arracks on Axis convoys. Malta Convoys - July 1940. The inconclusive Battle of Punto Stila took place between the Royal Naval warships (battleships HMS Warspite, HMS Malaya, HMS Royal Sovereign, aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, cruisers and destroyers) covering convoys from Malta to Alexandria and the Regia Marina escorts (two battleships, 14 cruisers and 32 destroyers) for an Italian convoy. Malta Convoys - ...

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Malta Convoys, Malta Convoys - Background, Malta Convoys - Italy declares war, Malta Convoys - German involvement, Malta Convoys - The convoys, Malta Convoys - July 1940, Malta Convoys - August 1940 - Operation Hurry, Malta Convoys - October 1940, Malta Convoys - November 1940, Malta Convoys - November 1940 - Operation Collar, Malta Convoys - January 1941 - Operation Excess, Malta Convoys - March 1941, Malta Convoys - April 1941, Malta Convoys - May 1941 - Operation Tiger, Malta Convoys - June 1941, Malta Convoys - July 1941 - Operation Substance, Malta Convoys - August 1941 - Operation Style, Malta Convoys - September 1941, Malta Convoys - September 1941 - Operation Halberd, Malta Convoys - October 1941, Malta Convoys - November 1941, Malta Convoys - November 1941, Malta Convoys - January 1942, Malta Convoys - February 1942, Malta Convoys - March 1942, Malta Convoys - March 1942 - Second Battle of Sirte, Malta Convoys - April 1942, Malta Convoys - May 1942, Malta Convoys - June 1942 - Operations Harpoon [1] and Vigorous, Malta Convoys - July 1942, Malta Convoys - August 1942 - Operation Pedestal, Malta Convoys - September 1942, Malta Convoys - October 1942, Malta Convoys - November 1942 - Operation Stoneage, Malta Convoys - December 1942, Malta Convoys - External references

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Following the Battle of Midway, Hornet had new radar installed and trained out of Pearl Harbor. She sailed 17 August 1942 to guard the sea approach to bitterly-contested Guadalcanal in the Solomons. Bomb damage to Enterprise (24 August), torpedo damage to Saratoga (CV-3) (31 August), and loss of Wasp (CV-7) (15 September) reduced carriers in the South Pacific to one: Hornet. The Hornet bore the brunt of air cover in the Solomons until 24 October 1942 when it joined Enterprise northwest of the New Hebrides and steamed to ...

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USS Hornet CV-8, USS Hornet CV-8 - Doolittle Raid April 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Battle of Midway June 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Solomons campaign August–October 1942

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Japanese carrier-based planes were reported headed for Midway the early morning of 4 June 1942. Hornet, Yorktown, and Enterprise launched strikes as the Japanese carriers struck their planes below to prepare for a second strike on Midway. Hornet dive bombers were unable to locate their targets, but 15 planes comprising her Torpedo Squadron 8 found their enemy and pressed home their attacks. They were met by overwhelming fighter opposition about 8 miles from three Japanese carriers and were shot down one by one as ...

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USS Hornet CV-8, USS Hornet CV-8 - Doolittle Raid April 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Battle of Midway June 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Solomons campaign August–October 1942

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Sturgeon completed builder's trials in Monterey Bay and began her shakedown cruise on 15 October, visiting ports in Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Costa Rica before returning to San Diego, California, on 12 December 1938. She was assigned to Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 6 and operated along the West Coast as far north as Washington. She made two squadron cruises to Hawaii with the Pacific Fleet: from 1 July to 16 August 1939 and from 1 April to 12 July 1940. The submarine departed San Diego on 5 November 1940 for Pear ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon remained there, from 3 March to 15 March, when she departed to again patrol off Makassar City. On 30 March, she sank the cargo ship Choko Maru. On 3 April, one of her torpedoes caught a 750-ton frigate directly under the bridge, and she was officially listed as probably sunk. She then fired three torpedoes at a merchantman but missed. With one torpedo remaining in the bow tubes, she fired and hit the target abreast the foremast. When las ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon was at sea again on 28 December 1941 en route to the Tarakan area, off the coast of Borneo. A tanker was sighted southwest of Subutu Island on 17 January 1942, but all three torpedoes missed and the ship escaped. On the night of 22 January, Sturgeon was alerted by Pickerel (SS-177) that a large convoy was headed her way in Makassar Strait. A few minutes later, her sonar picked up the pings of ships dead astern. She submerged and fired four torpedoes at a large ship, with two explosions following. The submarine was then subjected to a ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon was moored in Mariveles Bay on 7 December 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. She put to sea the next afternoon to patrol an area between the Pescadores Islands and Formosa. A small tanker was sighted the afternoon of 9 December, but it remained out of torpedo range. The submarine found a convoy of five merchantmen accompanied by a cruiser and several destroyers on 18 December. As she came to periscope depth within attack range of the cruiser, she was sighted by one of the escorts approximately 250 yards a ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon refitted and returned to sea, on 5 June, to patrol an area west of Manila. On 25 June, she caught up with a nine-ship convoy before daylight, and fired three torpedoes at the largest ship and heard explosions. After some 21 depth charges were dropped by the escorts, she managed to escape with only a few gauges broken. On 1 July, Sturgeon sank the 7267-ton transport Montevideo Maru off the coast of Luzon. On 5 July, she scored hits on a tanker in a convoy northbound from Man ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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