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1942 was a common year ... Bastille Day Gaullist demonstrations in Vichy France; 2 women are shot dead by members of the fascist French Popular Party (PPF) in Marseille.
WWII: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States. February 9 – WWII: The ocean liner SS Normandie catches fire while being converted into the troopship USS Lafayette at pier 88 in New York City. In the early ...
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The two most popular books that year were The Song of Bernadette, by Franz Werfel, which made the list for fifteen weeks; and The Robe, by Lloyd Douglas, which would dominate the list for the final six weeks of 1942 and most of 1943.
This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1942 according to The Billboard. The National Best Selling Retail Records chart was the first to poll retailers nationwide on record sales. The chart was billed as a "trade service feature," based on the "10 best selling records of the past week" at a selection of national ...
1942 establishments in the United States (57 C, 164 P) A. 1942 in Alaska (3 C, 8 P) C. 1942 in American cinema (5 P) 1942 crimes in the United States (1 C, 3 P) D.
The Harvey Girls (1942), by Samuel Hopkins Adams; Signed with Their Honour (1942), by James Aldridge; Immortal Sergeant (1942), by John Brophy; Sword of Bone (1942), by Anthony Rhodes; The Ship (1943), by C S Forester; Plenty Under the Counter (1943), by Kathleen Hewitt; Pathfinders (1943), by Cecil Lewis; The Small Back Room (1943), by Nigel ...
February 27 – James Stanley Hey, a British Army research officer, first detects radio waves emitted by the Sun, helping to pioneer radio astronomy. [1]October 3 – The first V-2 rocket is successfully launched from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany, flying a distance of 147 km and reaching a height of 84.5 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach space.
It is so popular that people queue overnight to buy it and the government issues a brief threepenny version. [6] 7 December – World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour. 16 December – the Trade Union Congress backs the Beveridge Report.