1942 in the United States

Summary

Events from the year 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

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February 2: An executive order directs Japanese American internment

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August 7: Battle of Guadalcanal begins
  • August 7 – WWII: Battle of Guadalcanal begins – The United States Marine Corps initiates the first American offensive of the war with a landing on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
  • August 8 – WWII: In Washington, D.C., six German would-be saboteurs are executed (two others are cooperative and receive life imprisonment instead).
  • August 13 – Walt Disney's fifth feature film, Bambi, is released. Although the initial box office gross is lackluster (due to the loss of most of the European film market during World War II), it eventually becomes a financial success through various reissues over the next several decades. Due to continued financial losses, Disney spends the majority of the rest of the 1940s producing a string of package films, with Bambi being the last singular project he will release until Cinderella eight years later.
  • 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).

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October 28: The Alaska Highway is completed.

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American Troops near Algiers during Operation Torch

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Charlie Rose
 
Muhammad Ali

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Carole King
 
Peter Tork

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Lou Reed
 
Aretha Franklin
 
Scott Wilson

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Leon Russell
 
Sandra Dee
 
Barbra Streisand

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Tammy Wynette
 
Taj Mahal
 
Ted Kaczynski

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Curtis Mayfield
 
Roger Ebert
 
Brian Wilson

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Richard Roundtree
 
Harrison Ford

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Jerry Garcia
 
Fred Thompson

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Al Jardine
 
Madeline Kahn

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Judy Sheindlin
 
Michael Crichton

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Martin Scorsese
 
Joe Biden
 
Bob Einstein

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Harry Chapin

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References edit

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  2. ^ "8th Air Force during WWII in the ETO: Facts, statistics, history and useful information". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
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  4. ^ Muggenthaler, August Karl (1977). German Raiders of WWII. Prentice-Hall. pp. 241–242. ISBN 0-13-354027-8.
  5. ^ Points, Wednesday Breakfast Links |; says, Figures (2012-11-29). "Coffee Rationed". The National WWII Museum Blog. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  6. ^ "Biography of Henry Hugh Shelton". Associated Press; The Dispatch. 1994-09-21. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  7. ^ Captain Larry L. Taylor
  8. ^ "Joseph Lieberman | American politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. ^ Former Washington cornerback Leslie 'Speedy' Duncan dies at 79
  10. ^ Sandomir, Richard (March 10, 2023). "Otis Taylor, Star Receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "Maggie Blye, actress – obituary". The Telegraph. May 19, 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  12. ^ Hustler founder and free-speech activist Larry Flynt dies aged 78
  13. ^ Yolanda López, artist who elevated Latina life, dies at 78
  14. ^ Michael Malone, wide-ranging novelist and TV writer, dies at 79
  15. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022". Nobel Prize (Press release). The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  16. ^ Former Broncos quarterback Steve Tensi dies at 81
  17. ^ "Olympedia – Betty Jean Maycock". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  18. ^ Undersized Ken Bowman, who played big in Super Bowl I and the Ice Bowl, dies
  19. ^ "Bob Hayes". IOC. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  20. ^ "Johnson, Michael P., 1942-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  21. ^ Fordyce, Rachel (1978). "Field, Rachel (Lyman)". In Kirkpatrick, D.L. (ed.). Twentieth-century Children's Writers. London: Macmillan. p. 445. ISBN 978-0-33323-414-3.
  22. ^ "Carolyn Wells | American writer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

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