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What Happened In August 1942 In History

Historical Events for August, 1942

  • 6th » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
  • 7th » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marine Corps United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo Tulagi in t
  • 9th » Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
  • 9th » World War II: Battle of Savo Island Allies of World War II known as Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
  • 11th » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
  • 13th » Major General Eugene Reybold of the United States Army Corps of Engineers named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Projec
  • 16th » World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
  • 17th » World War II: United States Marine Corps U.S. Marines Makin Island raid raid the Empire of Japan Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).
  • 19th » World War II: Dieppe Raid Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious warfare amphibious assault by Allies of World War II allied forces on Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The
  • 21st » World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is installed atop the Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains e.g Caucasus mountain range.
  • 21st » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
  • 22nd » World War II: Brazil Vargas Era named declares war on Germany and Italy.
  • 23rd » World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
  • 24th » World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier 'Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō Ryūjō' is sunk and US carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 6 heavily damaged.
  • 25th » World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
  • 25th » World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Empire of Japan called Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allies of World War II known as Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transp
  • 26th » Holocaust in Chortkiav, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei (Nazi Germany) or Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to Belzec extermination camp
  • 30th » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1942

  • 1st » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary (band) named Legion of Mary, Reconstruction (band) known as Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage) (d. 1995)
  • 1st » Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 2nd » Isabel Allende, Peruvian-American journalist and author
  • 2nd » Juan Formell, Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (Los Van Van) (d. 2014)
  • 4th » Don S. Davis, American actor and painter (d. 2008)
  • 4th » Cleon Jones, American baseball player
  • 4th » David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005)
  • 5th » Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records
  • 6th » George Jung, American drug trafficker
  • 6th » Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
  • 7th » Tobin Bell, American actor
  • 7th » Garrison Keillor, American author and radio host
  • 7th » Carlos Monzón, Argentinian boxer (d. 1995)
  • 7th » Richard Sykes (biochemist) named Richard Sykes, English biochemist and academic
  • 7th » B. J. Thomas, American singer and actor
  • 7th » Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 8th » Dennis Canavan, Scottish educator and politician
  • 8th » John Gustafson (musician) John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Roxy Music, Ian Gillan Band, The Big Three (band) The Big Three, Quatermass (band) Quatermass, and Episode Six) (d. 2014)
  • 8th » Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist
  • 9th » Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)
  • 9th » Jack DeJohnette, American drummer, pianist, and composer
  • 9th » David Steinberg, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 10th » Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
  • 10th » Michael Pepper, English physicist and engineer
  • 11th » Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player (Manfred Mann and The Manfreds)
  • 12th » Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author
  • 13th » Sheila Armstrong (singer) called Sheila Armstrong, English soprano
  • 14th » Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
  • 14th » Lionel Morton, English singer, guitarist, and television host (The Four Pennies)
  • 14th » Jackie Oliver, English race car driver
  • 16th » Barbara George, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
  • 17th » Muslim Magomayev (musician) known as Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani singer
  • 18th » Judith Keppel, English game show contestant, first winner on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show) called Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'
  • 19th » Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician
  • 20th » Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (d. 2008)
  • 20th » Petr Kment, Czech wrestler (d. 2013)
  • 20th » Fred Norman, American baseball player
  • 22nd » Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and author (d. 1993)
  • 23rd » Letta Mbulu, South African-American singer
  • 24th » Max Cleland, American captain and politician
  • 24th » Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, English businessman
  • 25th » Nathan Deal, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
  • 25th » Howard Jacobson, English journalist and author
  • 26th » Vic Dana, American singer and dancer
  • 26th » Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English politician
  • 27th » Daryl Dragon, American keyboard player and songwriter (Captain & Tennille)
  • 27th » Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • 28th » Wendy Davies, Welsh historian and academic
  • 28th » Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995)
  • 28th » Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardinal
  • 29th » James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)
  • 29th » Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for August 1942

  • 3rd » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
  • 4th » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
  • 9th » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
  • 15th » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
  • 18th » Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress and singer (b. 1888)
  • 20th » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1904)
  • 22nd » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
  • 25th » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)

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