1942

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1910s  1920s  1930s  – 1940s –  1950s  1960s  1970s
Years: 1939 1940 194119421943 1944 1945
1942 by topic:
Subject
ArchaeologyArchitectureArtAviation – Awards – ComicsFilmLiterature (Poetry) – Meteorology – Music (Country) – Rail transportRadioScienceSportsTelevision
By country
AustraliaCanada – China – Ecuador – FranceGermany – Greece – IndiaIreland – Italy – Japan – Malaya – Mexico – New ZealandNorwayPalestine Mandate – Philippines – SingaporeSouth Africa– Soviet Union – UKUSA
Leaders
Sovereign statesState leadersReligious leaders – Law
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions
1942 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1942
MCMXLII
Ab urbe condita 2695
Armenian calendar 1391
ԹՎ ՌՅՂԱ
Assyrian calendar 6692
Bahá'í calendar 98–99
Bengali calendar 1349
Berber calendar 2892
British Regnal year Geo. 6 – 7 Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar 2486
Burmese calendar 1304
Byzantine calendar 7450–7451
Chinese calendar 辛巳年十一月十五日
(4578/4638-11-15)
— to —
壬午年十一月廿四日
(4579/4639-11-24)
Coptic calendar 1658–1659
Ethiopian calendar 1934–1935
Hebrew calendar 5702–5703
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1998–1999
 - Shaka Samvat 1864–1865
 - Kali Yuga 5043–5044
Holocene calendar 11942
Iranian calendar 1320–1321
Islamic calendar 1360–1361
Japanese calendar Shōwa 17
(昭和17年)
Korean calendar 4275
Minguo calendar ROC 31
民國31年
Thai solar calendar 2485

Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

Below, events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.

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Deaths

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Nobel Prizes

References

  1. ^ The actual number of victims, including the ten person crew, is uncertain, although a recent study concludes it may have been as high as 791, of which 785 were Jewish.[1] Franz & Collins' book Death on the Black Sea: The Untold Story of the Struma and WWII's Holocaust at Sea, calls it simply the "largest naval civilian disaster of the war." (page 255)
  2. ^ Treblinka - ein Todeslager der "Aktion Reinhard", in: "Aktion Reinhard" - Die Vernichtung der Juden im Generalgouvernement, Bogdan Musial (ed.), Osnabrück 2004, pp. 257–281.
  3. ^ Donald L. Niewyk, Francis R. Nicosia, The Columbia guide to the Holocaust, Columbia University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-231-11200-9. Page 210
  4. ^ Taphilo.com
  5. ^ Muggenthaler, August Karl (1977). German Raiders of WWII. Prentice-Hall. pp. 241–242. ISBN 0-13-354027-8. 
  6. ^ Dawson, Jeff (2005). Dead Reckoning: The Dunedin Star Disaster. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0753820447. http://books.google.com/books?id=naMFHgAACAAJ. Retrieved 2008-03-31.