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What Happened In April 1942 In History

Historical Events for April, 1942

  • 3rd » World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Philippines or Filipino troops on the Battle of Bataan known as Bataan Peninsula.
  • 5th » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches Easter Sunday Raid a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall 56 6 and HMS Dorsetshire 40
  • 8th » World War II: Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union called Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Saint Petersburg called Leningrad.
  • 8th » World War II: The Empire of Japan or Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
  • 14th » Malta receives the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Flag of Malta or Maltese national flag.
  • 15th » The George Cross is awarded to "to the island fortress of Malta its people and defenders" by George VI of the United Kingdom called King George VI.
  • 17th » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
  • 18th » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
  • 18th » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
  • 19th » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
  • 23rd » World War II: Baedeker Blitz Germany or German bombers hit Exeter, Bath, Somerset e.g Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
  • 26th » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1942

  • 1st » Brian Binley, English politician
  • 1st » Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic
  • 1st » Roderick Floud, English historian and academic
  • 1st » Philip Margo, American singer, drummer, and producer (The Tokens)
  • 1st » Annie Nightingale, English radio host
  • 1st » Richard D. Wolff, American economist and educator
  • 2nd » Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 2nd » Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
  • 2nd » Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
  • 3rd » Marsha Mason, American actress and director
  • 3rd » Wayne Newton, American singer and actor
  • 3rd » Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (d. 2005)
  • 3rd » Billy Joe Royal, American singer
  • 4th » Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
  • 4th » Kitty Kelley, American journalist and author
  • 4th » Elizabeth Levy, American author
  • 5th » Allan Clarke (singer) known as Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter (The Hollies)
  • 5th » Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter
  • 6th » Barry Levinson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 7th » Jeetendra, Indian actor and producer
  • 7th » Nam Gi-nam, South Korean director and screenwriter
  • 8th » Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Family (band) e.g Family and Streetwalkers)
  • 8th » Douglas Trumbull, American director, producer, and special effects artist
  • 9th » Brandon deWilde, American actor (d. 1972)
  • 9th » Margo Smith, American singer-songwriter
  • 10th » Ian Callaghan, English footballer
  • 10th » Stuart Dybek, American author and poet
  • 10th » Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
  • 11th » Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
  • 11th » James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
  • 12th » Frank Bank, American actor (d. 2013)
  • 12th » Bill Bryden, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 12th » Carlos Reutemann, Argentinian race car driver and politician, Governor of Santa Fe
  • 12th » Jacob Zuma, South African politician, 4th President of South Africa
  • 13th » Ataol Behramoğlu Turkish poet and author
  • 13th » Bill Conti, American composer and conductor
  • 14th » Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
  • 14th » Valentin Lebedev, Russian engineer and astronaut
  • 14th » Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician
  • 15th » Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop
  • 15th » Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
  • 15th » Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006)
  • 15th » Tim Lankester, English economist and academic
  • 16th » Jim Lonborg, American baseball player
  • 16th » Frank Williams (Formula One) e.g Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 e.g Williams F1 Racing Team
  • 17th » David Bradley (actor) named David Bradley, English actor
  • 18th » Michael Beloff, English lawyer
  • 18th » Steve Blass, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 18th » Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
  • 18th » Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (d. 1970)
  • 19th » Bas Jan Ader, Dutch-American photographer and director (d. 1975)
  • 19th » Alan Price, English keyboard player and songwriter (The Animals)
  • 19th » Jack Roush, American businessman, founded Roush Fenway Racing
  • 19th » Maarten van den Bergh, Dutch businessman
  • 20th » Giles Henderson, English lawyer and academic
  • 20th » Arto Paasilinna, Finnish journalist and author
  • 21st » Laine Kallas, Estonian runner and agronomist
  • 21st » Pierre Lorrain, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
  • 22nd » Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher and academic
  • 22nd » Denis Lill, New Zealand-English actor
  • 22nd » Mary Prior, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
  • 23rd » Sandra Dee, American model and actress (d. 2005)
  • 24th » Richard M. Daley, American politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago
  • 24th » Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic
  • 24th » Barbra Streisand, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
  • 25th » Mr. Hito, Japanese wrestler (d. 2010)
  • 25th » Jon Kyl, American lawyer and politician
  • 26th » Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014)
  • 26th » Sharon Carstairs, Canadian politician
  • 26th » Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat
  • 26th » Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor
  • 26th » Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist
  • 27th » Ruth Glick, American author
  • 27th » Jim Keltner, American drummer (Traveling Wilburys, Plastic Ono Band, and Delaney & Bonnie and Friends)
  • 28th » Mike Brearley, English cricketer
  • 29th » Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
  • 29th » Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic
  • 29th » Galina Kulakova, Russian skier

Famous Deaths for April 1942

  • 8th » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek composer (b. 1880)
  • 10th » Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor (b. 1881)
  • 13th » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
  • 13th » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th List of mayors of Tallinn or Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
  • 15th » Robert Musil, Austrian author (b. 1880)
  • 16th » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
  • 16th » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
  • 17th » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
  • 18th » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
  • 18th » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
  • 20th » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian politician and businessman (b. 1870)
  • 24th » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)

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