What Happened In November 1942 In History

Historical Events for November, 1942

• 1st » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.
• 3rd » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
• 4th » World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
• 8th » World War II: Operation Torch United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa.
• 8th » World War II: French resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyst generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
• 11th » World War II: Nazi Germany completes its occupation of France.
• 12th » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
• 13th » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• 15th » World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
• 15th » World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal called Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allies of World War II known as Allied victory.
• 19th » Mutesa II of Buganda called Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka of Buganda named Kabaka (king) of Buganda.
• 21st » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).
• 22nd » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a Telegraphy or telegram saying that the German 6th Army (Wehrmacht) called 6th Army is surrounded.
• 26th » World War II: Partisans (Yugoslavia) Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the AVNOJ Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia (region) Bosnia.
• 27th » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon or scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazism known as Nazi hands.
• 28th » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove fire e.g Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
• 30th » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1942

• 1st » Larry Flynt, American publisher, founded Larry Flynt Publications
• 1st » Ralph Klein, Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (d. 2013)
• 1st » Marcia Wallace, American actress (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Shere Hite, American-German sexologist, educator, and author
• 2nd » Stefanie Powers, American actress and producer
• 3rd » Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter
• 3rd » Priit Tomson, Estonian basketball player
• 4th » Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic
• 5th » Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 7th » Tom Peters, American businessman and author
• 7th » Johnny Rivers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 7th » Jean Shrimpton, English model and actress
• 8th » Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer
• 9th » Victor Blank, English businessman and philanthropist
• 9th » Tom Weiskopf, American golfer and sportscaster
• 10th » Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 10th » James Hood, American activist (d. 2013)
• 10th » Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss politician, 92nd List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation named President of the Swiss Confederation
• 11th » Jonathan Fenby, English journalist and businessman
• 11th » Roy Fredericks, Guyanese-American cricketer (d. 2000)
• 11th » Diane Wolkstein, American author (d. 2013)
• 13th » John P. Hammond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 14th » Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator
• 15th » Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor
• 16th » Willie Carson, Scottish jockey
• 16th » Joanna Pettet, English-Canadian actress
• 17th » Partha Dasgupta, Bangladeshi economist and academic
• 17th » Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Four Seasons (band) or The Four Seasons)
• 17th » Kang Kek Iew, Cambodian criminal
• 17th » Lesley Rees, English endocrinologist and academic
• 17th » István Rosztóczy, Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (d. 1993)
• 17th » Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
• 18th » Linda Evans, American actress
• 18th » Susan Sullivan, American actress
• 19th » Roland Clift, English engineer and academic
• 19th » Calvin Klein (fashion designer) called Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, founded Calvin Klein called Calvin Klein Inc.
• 19th » Sharon Olds, American poet and academic
• 20th » Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States
• 20th » Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 20th » Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 20th » Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer
• 20th » Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi archbishop (d. 2008)
• 21st » Afa Anoaʻi, Samoan-American wrestler and manager
• 21st » Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician
• 22nd » Guion Bluford, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 23rd » Susan Anspach, American actress
• 24th » Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian, actor, and singer (The Humblebums)
• 24th » Marlin Fitzwater, American journalist, 17th White House Press Secretary
• 24th » Andrew Stunell, English politician
• 25th » Bob Lind, American singer-songwriter
• 25th » Mimis Papaioannou, Greek footballer and manager
• 26th » Olivia Cole, American actress
• 26th » Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese physician and author (d. 1970)
• 27th » Henry Carr, American football player and runner
• 27th » Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic
• 27th » Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1970)
• 28th » Manolo Blahnik, Spanish-English shoe designer
• 28th » Paul Warfield, American football player
• 29th » Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Rascals)
• 29th » Ann Dunham, American anthropologist (d. 1995)
• 29th » Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
• 29th » Maggie Thompson, American author and critic
• 29th » Chatrichalerm Yukol, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
• 29th » John Grillo, English actor and playwright

Famous Deaths for November 1942

• 1st » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 6th » Emil Starkenstein, Czech-Jewish co-founder of clinical pharmacology, murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
• 9th » Edna May Oliver, American actress and singer (b. 1883)
• 13th » Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral (b. 1890)
• 21st » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary called Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)
• 21st » J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)
• 29th » Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 30th » Anthony M. Rud, American writer (b. 1893)

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