1942 in the United States

1942
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:
Infantryman wearing a Brodie helmet, kneeling in front of M3 Half-track, holds an M1 Garand rifle. Fort Knox, June 1942.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1942

Events from the year 1942 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January

February

February 2: An executive order directs Japanese American internment

March

April

  • April 3 WWII: Japanese forces begin an all-out assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.

May

June

July

  • July 4 WWII in the European Theater of Operations: US Eighth Air Force flies its first inauspicious mission in Europe using borrowed British planes; six aircraft went out, only three came back.[1]
  • July 19 WWII Battle of the Atlantic: German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions, in response to an effective American convoy system.
  • July 30 WWII: A bill creating the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve is signed into law.

August

August 7: Battle of Guadalcanal begins
  • August 7 WWII: Battle of Guadalcanal begins USMC initiate the first American offensive of the war with a landing on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
  • August 8 – WWII: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed (two others were cooperative and received life imprisonment instead).
  • August 15 WWII: The American tanker SS Ohio reaches Malta as part of the convoy of Operation Pedestal.
  • August 16 – The U.S. Navy blimp L-8 (Flight 101) comes ashore near San Francisco, eventually coming down in Daly City (the crew is missing).

September

October

October 28: The Alaska Highway is completed.

November

  • November 8 – Operation Torch United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa.
  • November 9 WWII: U.S serviceman Edward Leonski is hanged at Melbourne's Pentridge Prison for the "Brown-Out" murders of three women in May.
  • November 12 WWII Battle of Guadalcanal: A naval battle near Guadalcanal starts between Japanese and American forces.
  • November 13 Battle of Guadalcanal: Aviators from the USS Enterprise sink the Japanese battleship Hiei.
  • November 15 – The Battle of Guadalcanal ends: Although the United States Navy suffers heavy losses, it retains control of Guadalcanal.
  • November 21 The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the "highway" is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).
  • November 23 A bill creating the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) is signed into law.
  • November 26 The movie Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
  • November 28 – In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove night club kills 491 people.
  • November 29 – Coffee rationing begins in the United States.[2]

December

Ongoing

Unknown

Births

January

February

March

April

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June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

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See also

References

  1. http://www.taphilo.com/history/8thaf/index.shtml
  2. Points, Wednesday Breakfast Links |; says, Figures (2012-11-29). "Coffee Rationed". The National WWII Museum Blog. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. "Joseph Lieberman | American politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. "Maggie Blye, actress – obituary". The Telegraph. May 19, 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. "Carolyn Wells | American writer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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