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1942 Calendar

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•  January 16, 1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
•  February 9, 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
•  February 15, 1942 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
•  March 29, 1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
•  May 12, 1942 – 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.
•  May 30, 1942 – World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
•  July 22, 1942 – Holocaust: the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.
•  October 28, 1942 – The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
•  November 13, 1942 – 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.
•  November 28, 1942 – In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people.

•  March 5, 1942 – Mike Resnick, American science fiction author
•  March 7, 1942 – Charles R. Boutin, American politician
•  March 26, 1942 – Erica Jong, American author
•  May 22, 1942 – Ted Kaczynski. American terrorist, known as the Unabomber
•  June 8, 1942 – Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician
•  June 16, 1942 – Eddie Levert, American singer (The O'Jays)
•  June 17, 1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
•  June 21, 1942 – Dan Henning, American football player
•  July 12, 1942 – Tam White, Scottish blues singer and actor (d. 2010)
•  September 17, 1942 – Robert Graysmith, Zodiac killer researcher