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1942 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1942 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1942
- February 15, 1942 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
- March 31, 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
- May 28, 1942 – World War II: In retaliation for the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people.
- July 23, 1942 – World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
- September 12, 1942 – World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson’s Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.
- September 21, 1942 – The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
- October 7, 1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
- October 30, 1942 – Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and canteen assistant Tommy Brown from HMS Petard board U-559, retrieving material which would lead to the decryption of the German Enigma code.
- November 19, 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR’s favor.
Who Were Born On 1942?
- February 13, 1942 – Donald E. Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- March 11, 1942 – Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian and author (d. 2015)
- April 7, 1942 – Jeetendra, Indian actor and producer
- April 18, 1942 – Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (d. 1970)
- April 25, 1942 – Jon Kyl, American lawyer and politician
- July 1, 1942 – Julia Higgins, English chemist and academic
- August 9, 1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)
- September 30, 1942 – Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (d. 2002)
- December 9, 1942 – Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
- December 11, 1942 – Anna Carteret, Indian-English actress