113 events found for 1942
World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong…
World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard…
A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of…
Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
World War II: The German submarine U-69 (1940) sinks the Canadian passenger ferry SS Caribou approximately 20 nautical…
World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the…
All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28 are killed when it collides with a U.S. Army Air…
World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal.
World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is…
The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German…