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What Happened In May 1942 In History

Historical Events for May, 1942

  • 3rd » World War II: Empire of Japan called Japanese naval troops Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942) e.g invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces f
  • 4th » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-5 6 on Empire of Japan Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had Invasion of T
  • 6th » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines Battle of Corregidor called surrender to the Japanese.
  • 7th » During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Japanese Imperial Navy light aircraft carrier Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō Shōhō. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy
  • 8th » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-2 6. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that t
  • 8th » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only Commonwealth of Nations called British Commonwealth soldier
  • 9th » The Holocaust called Holocaust: The SS murders 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe called Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or depor
  • 10th » World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
  • 12th » World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
  • 12th » World War II: The U.S. Tanker (ship) e.g tanker 'List of shipwrecks in May 1942 12 May known as Virginia' is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German U-Boat U-507.
  • 12th » The Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.
  • 19th » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
  • 22nd » Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies of World War II known as Allies.
  • 22nd » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
  • 22nd » World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
  • 26th » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
  • 27th » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
  • 28th » World War II: in retaliation for the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, Nazism e.g Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people.
  • 30th » World War II: Bombing of Cologne in World War II e.g 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
  • 31st » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attack on Sydney Harbour named attacks on Sydney, Australia.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1942

  • 1st » Stephen Macht, American actor
  • 2nd » Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman
  • 3rd » Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
  • 3rd » Dave Marash, American journalist
  • 3rd » Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho
  • 4th » Nickolas Ashford, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Ashford & Simpson) (d. 2011)
  • 5th » Marc Alaimo, American actor
  • 5th » István Bujtor, Hungarian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
  • 5th » Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English politician
  • 5th » Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, English politician
  • 5th » Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
  • 6th » Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic
  • 6th » David Friesen, American bassist
  • 6th » Rin Kaiho, Chinese-Japanese Go (game) named go player
  • 8th » Norman Lamont, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • 8th » Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
  • 8th » Terry Neill, Irish footballer and manager
  • 9th » John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
  • 9th » Jerry Buchek, American baseball player
  • 9th » Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 10th » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
  • 10th » Carl Douglas, Jamaican-English singer
  • 10th » Peter Prince, English author
  • 10th » Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Nigerien-Burkinabe educator and politician
  • 11th » Rachel Billington, English author
  • 12th » Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Blockheads and Kilburn and the High Roads) (d. 2000)
  • 12th » Michel Fugain, French singer-songwriter
  • 12th » Billy Swan, American singer-songwriter
  • 12th » Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player (d. 2014)
  • 13th » Leighton Gage, American author (d. 2013)
  • 13th » Roger Young (director) called Roger Young, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 14th » Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
  • 14th » Byron Dorgan, American politician
  • 14th » Prentis Hancock, Scottish actor
  • 14th » Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
  • 14th » Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
  • 14th » Malise Ruthven, Irish author and academic
  • 14th » Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
  • 15th » Lois Johnson, American singer (d. 2014)
  • 15th » Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
  • 15th » Doug Lowe (Australian politician) or Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
  • 15th » K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 16th » David Penry-Davey, English judge
  • 17th » Taj Mahal (musician) e.g Taj Mahal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rising Sons)
  • 17th » Al White, American actor
  • 18th » Keith Hellawell, British businessman
  • 18th » Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading known as Simon Isaacs, English banker and philanthropist
  • 18th » Nobby Stiles, English footballer, coach, and manager
  • 19th » Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research named Digital Research Inc. (d. 1994)
  • 19th » Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
  • 20th » Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States named Canadian Ambassador to the United States
  • 20th » Lynn Davies, Welsh long jumper
  • 20th » Carlos Hathcock, American sergeant (d. 1999)
  • 20th » Simon Keswick, Scottish businessman
  • 21st » David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
  • 21st » Danny Ongais, American race car driver
  • 22nd » Ted Kaczynski, American mathematician and academic
  • 22nd » Barbara Parkins, Canadian-American actress
  • 23rd » Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 23rd » Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
  • 23rd » Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
  • 24th » Ali Bacher, South African cricketer
  • 24th » Lázár Lovász, Hungarian hammer thrower
  • 24th » Hannu Mikkola, Finnish race car driver
  • 24th » Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese politician
  • 25th » Ron Davies (footballer born 1942) or Ron Davies, Welsh footballer (d. 2013)
  • 26th » Ganapathi Sachchidananda, Indian guru
  • 27th » Lee Baca, American police officer
  • 27th » Piers Courage, English race car driver (d. 1970)
  • 27th » Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • 27th » Robin Widdows, English race car driver
  • 28th » Happy Pieterse, South African boxer (d. 2013)
  • 28th » Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate
  • 29th » Pierre Bourque (politician) or Pierre Bourque, Canadian politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal
  • 29th » Kevin Conway (actor) known as Kevin Conway, American actor
  • 30th » John Gladwin, English bishop
  • 30th » Carole Stone, English journalist and author

Famous Deaths for May 1942

  • 3rd » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
  • 5th » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
  • 7th » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
  • 8th » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general (b. 1890)
  • 9th » Blessed Józef Cebula, Beatification named beatified Polish priest, murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp called concentration camp (b. 1902)
  • 23rd » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer (b. 1886)
  • 25th » Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist (b. 1902)
  • 29th » John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)

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