What happened in 1942?
408 recorded events in 1942, including 197 in people, 104 in wars & conflicts and 48 in science & technology.
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Battle of Stalingrad begins
One of the bloodiest battles in history begins, eventually turning the tide of World War II against Germany.
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Wars & Conflicts 104
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Battle of Stalingrad
1942 major battle of World War II
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Second Battle of El Alamein
1942 major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
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First Battle of El Alamein
1942 battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
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Dieppe Raid
1942 landing operation in World War II
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Battle of Singapore
1942 World War II battle
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Second Battle of Kharkov
May 1942 battle during World War II
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Battle of Gazala
Battle of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, fought around the port of Tobruk in Libya
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Battle of Madagascar
1942 battle during WWII
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Demyansk Pocket
Military operation from 8 February – 20 May 1942
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Battle of Bir Hakeim
1942 part of the battle of Gazala in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II
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Battles of Rzhev
1942 series of Soviet Operations in World War II
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Battle of Savo Island
1942 battle
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Battle of Alam el Halfa
1942 battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
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Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942 battle
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Battle of Los Angeles
Anti-air shelling during WWII in Los Angeles, CA, against apparently nothing
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Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942 WWII carrier battle
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Bombing of Darwin
Japanese attack on Darwin, Australia during World War II
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Battle of Cape Esperance
1942 battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II
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Operation Pedestal
Battle in the Mediterranean Sea in 1942 during WWII
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Battle of the Tenaru
1942 battle of World War II
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Battle of Voronezh
1942 battle
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Battle for Velikiye Luki
1942 battle
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World War II in Albania
Involvement of Albania in World War II
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Battle of Timor
1942 WWII battle in the Pacific Theatre
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Battle of Bataan
1942 intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II
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Battle of Milne Bay
1942 battle
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Battle of Edson's Ridge
1942 WW2 battle in the Solomon Islands
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Battle of Corregidor
1942 culmination of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II
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Battle of Christmas Island
1942 battle
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Battle of Rabaul
1942 battle
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Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo
1942 battle
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Battle for Henderson Field
1942 World War II battle
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Battle of Changsha
1942 battle of World War II
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Battle of Lyuban
1942 military operation
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Battle of Buna–Gona
1942 World War II battle in the Pacific Theatre
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Battle of Balikpapan
1942 battle of World War II
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Kholm Pocket
1942 conflict
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Battle of El Agheila
1942 brief engagement of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
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Second Battle of the Java Sea
Naval battle during World War II
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Battle of Java
1942 A battle on the Pacific theatre of World War II
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Battle of Ambon
World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces which occurred on the island in 1942
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Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
World War II battle
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Battle for Australia
1942 battle in the Second World War
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Naval Battle of Casablanca
1942 naval engagements during WW II invasion of North Africa
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Battle of Dutch Harbor
1942 battle
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Koli Point action
1942 Japan-US engagement
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Actions along the Matanikau
Battles during the Guadalcanal campaign in WWII
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Battle of Mersa Matruh
1942 battle of the Western Desert Campaign in World War II
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Battle of Skerki Bank
1942 battle
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Battle of Tarakan
1942 battle involving Japanese Empire and Dutch Empire
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Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive
1942 Red Army operation on the Eastern Front of World War II
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Battle of Muar
1942 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II
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Battle of Rzhev
1942 battle during the battles of Rzhev on the Eastern Front of World War II
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Battle of Manado
1942 WWII battle of the Dutch East Indies Campaign
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Tatsinskaya Raid
1942 battle
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Arakan Campaign 1942–1943
1942 campaign during World War II
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Battle of Kranji
1942 battle
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Battle of Slim River
1942 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II
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Battle of Palembang
Battle of World War II near Palembang, on Sumatra, on 13–15 February 1942
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Battle of the St. Lawrence
1942 marine and anti-submarine actions in WWII
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Battle of Gemas
1942 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II
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Battle of Goodenough Island
1942 Pacific battle of World War II
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Battle of Bilin River
1942 conflict
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Battle of Kalach
1942 WWII battle of the Eastern Front
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Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
1942 battle of World Ward II
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Battle of Kupres
1942 World War II battle of the Independent state of Croatia and the Yugoslav Partisans
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Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarry
1942 battle in Crimea during WW2
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Battle of Rostov
1942 battle
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Battle of Yenangyaung
1942 battle
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Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Dražgoše
1942 battle
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Outpost Snipe
World War II location in the Second Battle of El Alamein
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Battle of Sittang Bridge
1942 conflict
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Operation Seydlitz
German offensive and opposing Soviet defensive operation on the Eastern Front, July 1942
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Battle of Someri
1942 military operation
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Axis capture of Tobruk
Axis capture of Tobruk (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Toungoo
1942 battle
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Battle of Banjarmasin
1942 battle involving Japanese Empire and Dutch Empire
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Battle of Port Lyautey
1942 WWII battle during Operation Torch
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Battle of Pegu
1942 conflict
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Battle of Suursaari
Battle between Finland and the Soviet Union in 1942 during the Continuation War
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Battle of Pasir Panjang
1942 final battle in Singapore during World War 2 against the Japanese
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Battle of Samarinda
Battle of Samarinda (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Sarimbun Beach
1942 Japanese victory in Singapore
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Battle of Kuala Lumpur
1942 battle
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Battle of Livno
Battles fought during WWII
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Battle of Tachiao
Battle of Tachiao (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Bukit Timah
1942 Final stage of the Empire of Japan's invasion of Singapore during World War II.
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Battle of Kendari
1942 battle of the Pacific War (WWII)
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Battle of Kalijati
1942 battle
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Battle of Port Moresby
1942 battle
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Battle of Isurava
1942 World War II battle
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Battle of Prome
1942 battle
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Action of 27 March 1942
Naval battle during the Second World War
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Battle of Oktwin
Battle of Oktwin (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Mission Ridge – Brigade Hill
1942 battle
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Battle of Tjiater Pass
1942 battle of World War II
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Battle of Nanos
Battle of Nanos (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Bowmanville
1942 POW prison revolt
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Battle of the Bell Islands
1942 battle
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Battle of Sukho Island
1942 battle
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Japanese invasion of Cotabato
Part of the 1941 invasion of the Philippines
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Japanese invasion of Zamboanga
Part of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, 1942
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Japanese invasion of Cebu
Japanese invasion of Cebu (Wars & Conflicts).
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Politics & Government 1
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Brazil-United States Political-Military Agreement
1942 bilateral treaty
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People 197
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Joseph Larmor died
Irish physicist and mathematician (1857-1942)
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William Henry Young died
English mathematician (1863–1942)
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William Henry Bragg died
British scientist (1862–1942)
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Jean-Baptiste Perrin died
French physicist (1870–1942)
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Robert Musil died
Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)
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Franz Boas died
German-American anthropologist
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Richard Willstätter died
German chemist (1872–1942)
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Francis Younghusband died
British army explorer (1863–1942)
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Tina Modotti died
Italian photographer, activist and actress (1896–1942)
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Mahadev Desai died
Indian independence activist, writer and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary (1892–1942)
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Kanaklata Barua died
Indian freedom fighter from Assam (1924-1942)
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Matangini Hazra died
Martyr of India's Independence Movement
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Stefan Zweig died
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
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Petar Dobrović died
Artist and politician (1890-1942)
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Robert Bosch died
German industrialist, inventor, engineer (1861-1942)
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Felix Hausdorff died
German mathematician (*1868 – †1942)
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Henrik Bródy died
Hungarian rabbi (1868–1942)
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Judah Leo Landau died
South African rabbi
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Kato Mikeladze died
Georgian journalist, activist (1878-1942)
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Elisabeth Schumacher died
German resistance member (1904–1942)
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Hannah G. Solomon died
Jewish American activist (1858–1942)
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Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza died
Mexican journalist, teacher, feminist and political activist (1875–1942)
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Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore died
American physician, writer, newspaper editor, activist
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John Barrymore died
American actor (1882–1942)
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Louis Roule died
French marine biologist (1861–1942)
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Fritz Todt died
German engineer, Holocaust perpetrator, and senior Nazi figure (1891–1942)
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William G. Morgan died
Inventor of volleyball
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Yuri Kondratyuk died
Ukrainian Soviet scientist (1897–1942)
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Heber Doust Curtis died
American astronomer (1872-1942)
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Wilbur Scoville died
American pharmacist (1865–1942)
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Sergey Chaplygin died
Russian mathematician (1869–1942)
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Valdemar Poulsen died
Danish engineer (1869-1942)
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Yakov Perelman died
Russian science writer (1882–1942)
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Roberto Arlt died
Argentine writer
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Georg Alexander Pick died
Austrian mathematician, holocaust victim (1859–1942)
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Louis Bernacchi died
Australian physicist and astronomer (1876-1942)
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William Henry Jackson died
American photographer and painter (1843-1942)
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Camille du Gast died
French racing driver (1868-1942)
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Ludwig von Höhnel died
Austrian explorer (1857–1942)
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Karl Martin died
Dutch geologist (1851-1942)
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Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause died
German botanist (1859–1942)
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Gustaaf Adolf Frederik Molengraaff died
Dutch scientist (1860-1942)
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Albert Peter Low died
Canadian geologist and ice hockey player (1861–1942)
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J. Norman Collie died
British scientist, mountaineer and explorer (1859-1942)
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Oluf Christian Dietrichson died
Norwegian general and member of the 1888 Greenland expedition (1856–1942)
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Arthur Francis George Kerr died
Irish botanist (1877–1942)
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Leopold Janikowski died
Polish explorer and ethnographer
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Louis Forniquet Henderson died
American botanist (1853-1942)
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Walter Kaudern died
Swedish herpetologist (1881-1942)
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Marie Rennotte died
Belgian-Brazilian teacher and physician (1852-1942)
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Alice Kuperjanov died
Estonian independence fighter (1894-1942)
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Alison Roberta Noble Neilans died
British activist for suffrage and anti-prostitution laws, editor
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Grace Julia Parker Drummond died
Canadian philanthropist
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Julia Britton Hooks died
Kentucky artist and activist during the early years of the Civil Rights Era
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Lucy Bramlette Patterson died
American writer
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Robina Nicol died
New Zealand temperance campaigner, suffragist and photographer (1861-1942)
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Espertirina Martins died
Brazilian anarchist activist
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Alexander von Zemlinsky died
Austrian Jewish composer, conductor, and teacher (1871-1942)
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May Robson died
Australian-born American actress (1858-1942)
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Alfred Flatow died
German gymnast (1869–1942)
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Adam Czerniaków died
Polish politician (1880–1942)
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Dorothea Klumpke died
American astronomer (1861-1942)
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Vladimir Petlyakov died
Soviet aerospace engineer (1891–1942)
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Aurel Stodola died
Slovak scientist (1859–1942)
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Adolf Mayer died
German agronomist (1843–1942)
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Anna Weber-van Bosse died
Dutch phycologist (1852-1942)
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Oleg Losev died
Russian inventor, and physicist (1903–1942)
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Jerzy Różycki died
Polish cryptographer (1909-1942)
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Ivan Horbachevsky died
Ukrainian chemist (1854-1942)
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Max Bodenstein died
German chemist (1871–1942)
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Stanisław Zaremba died
Polish mathematician (1863-1942)
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Glover Morrill Allen died
U.S. zoologist (1879-1942)
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Ernest Chuard died
Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1857-1942)
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Andrew Forsyth died
British mathematician (1858-1942)
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Gerard Philips died
Dutch industrialist (1858–1942)
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Mykhailo Kravchuk died
Ukrainian mathematician (1892–1942)
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Stefanie Horovitz died
Polish chemist
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Arthur Berson died
German scientist (1859–1942)
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Pinhas Rutenberg died
Israeli engineer (1879-1942)
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Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. died
U.S. mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist (1875–1942)
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Charles-Eugène Guye died
Swiss physicist (1866-1942)
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Stanisław Saks died
Polish mathematician (1897–1942)
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Édouard Estaunié died
French novelist and engineer (1862-1942)
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Emil Ernst died
German astronomer (1889–1942)
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Lawrence Joseph Henderson died
American biochemist, philosopher and sociologist (1878–1942)
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Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky died
Russian geographer and entomologist (1866–1942)
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Moses Schönfinkel died
Russian logician and mathematician (1888–1942)
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Robert Remak died
German mathematician (1888-1942)
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Oskar Bolza died
German mathematician (1857–1942)
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Alfred Tauber died
Hungarian-born Austrian mathematician (1866-1942)
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Józef Paczoski died
Polish botanist (1864-1942)
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Nikolai Rynin died
Russian civil engineer (1877–1942)
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Margarethe Kahn died
German mathematician and Holocaust victim (1880–1942)
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Vladimir Varićak died
Croatian mathematician (1865–1942)
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Egbert van Kampen died
Mathematician (1908–1942)
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Emanuel Rádl died
Czech biologist, philosopher and politic writer (1873–1942)
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Ivan Alekseyevich Kablukov died
Russian chemist (1857–1942)
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Arnold Deutsch died
Austrian spy (1904–1942)
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Hermann Kobold died
German astronomer (1858-1942)
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Arthur Michael died
American chemist (1853–1942)
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Arnold Berliner died
German physicist (1862–1942)
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Károly Zipernowsky died
Hungarian engineer (1853–1942)
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Herman Auerbach died
Polish mathematician (1901-1942)
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Ina Reck died
German explorer and author (1872-1942)
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Viktor Esbensen died
Norwegian explorer (1881–1942)
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Sidney Jeffryes died
Australian explorer (1884-1942)
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Edna May Oliver died
American actress (1883–1942)
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George M. Cohan died
American entertainer, composer and playwright (1878–1942)
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Otto Herschmann died
Swimmer, fencer, and lawyer (1877–1942)
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Dorando Pietri died
Italian distance runner (1885–1942)
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Erwin Schulhoff died
Czech composer and pianist (1894–1942)
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Emanuel Feuermann died
Austrian musician (1902-1942)
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Sidney Fox died
American actress (1907/1911–1942)
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Joseph Schmidt died
Jewish Romanian opera singer (1904-1942)
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James Cruze died
American actor (1884-1942)
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Buck Jones died
American actor (1891-1942)
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Joe Biden born
Born in Scranton. 46th President of the United States (2021–2025).
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Stephen Hawking born
Born in Oxford. British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018).
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Muammar Gaddafi born
Born in Qasr Abu Hadi. Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011).
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Amitabh Bachchan born
Born in Prayagraj. Indian film actor (born 1942).
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Hu Jintao born
Born in Jiangyan District. Former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Martin Scorsese born
Born in Queens. American filmmaker (born 1942).
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Thabo Mbeki born
Born in Mbewuleni. President of South Africa from 1999 to 2008.
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Barbra Streisand born
Born in Brooklyn. American singer and actress (born 1942).
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Jacob Zuma born
Born in Nkandla. 4th President of South Africa (2009–2018).
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Roger Ebert born
Born in Urbana. American film critic and author (1942–2013).
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Muhammadu Buhari born
Born in Daura. Former President of Nigeria from 1983 to 1985 and 2015 to 2025 (born 1942–2025).
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Peter Handke born
Born in Griffen. Austrian writer, playwright and film director (born 1942).
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Junichiro Koizumi born
Born in Yokosuka. Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006.
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Mohamed ElBaradei born
Born in Cairo. Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, 4th Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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Wen Jiabao born
Born in Tianjin. 6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2004 to 2013.
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Michael Crichton born
Born in Chicago. American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008).
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Michael Bloomberg born
Born in Boston. American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City.
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José Eduardo dos Santos born
Born in Luanda. President of Angola from 1979 to 2017.
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Teodoro Obiang born
Born in Akuacam. Equatoguinean politician, President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979.
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Lou Reed born
Born in Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center. American rock musician (1942–2013).
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Alassane Ouattara born
Born in Dimbokro. President of Ivory Coast (2010–present).
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Werner Herzog born
Born in Munich. German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director (born 1942).
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Ted Kaczynski born
Born in Evergreen Park. American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023).
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Emmerson Mnangagwa born
Born in Zvishavane. President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
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Mitch McConnell born
Born in Sheffield. American politician and lawyer (born 1942).
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir born
Born in Reykjavík. Icelandic politician.
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Daniel Dennett born
Born in Boston. American philosopher (1942–2024).
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Vicente Fox born
Born in Mexico City. 62th President of Mexico.
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Michael Haneke born
Born in Munich. Austrian film director and screenwriter (born 1942).
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Ehud Barak born
Born in Mishmar HaSharon. 10th Prime Minister of Israel.
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Jacques Rogge born
Born in Ghent. President of the International Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2013.
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Erica Jong born
Born in New York City. American novelist, poet, memoirist, critic.
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Felipe González born
Born in Seville. Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996.
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Wolfgang Schäuble born
Born in Freiburg im Breisgau. German politician and statesman (1942–2023).
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László Sólyom born
Born in Pécs. Politician and former President of Hungary (1942–2023).
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Pál Schmitt born
Born in Budapest. President of Hungary from 2010 to 2012.
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John Irving born
Born in Exeter. American novelist and screenwriter.
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak born
Born in Kolkata. Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic.
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Javier Solana born
Born in Madrid. Spanish politician.
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Nguyễn Minh Triết born
Born in Bến Cát. Sixth President of Vietnam (2006-2011).
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Manuel Castells born
Born in Hellín. Spanish sociologist.
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Giorgio Agamben born
Born in Rome. Italian philosopher (b. 1942).
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Hissène Habré born
Born in Faya-Largeau. 5th president of Chad.
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Arto Paasilinna born
Born in Kittilä. Finnish poet, novelist, screenwriter, and jourrnalist (1942–2018).
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Ama Ata Aidoo born
Born in Abeadzi Kyiakor. Ghanaian writer, politician, and academic (1942–2023).
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Ana Blandiana born
Born in Timișoara. Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure.
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Abdulsalami Abubakar born
Born in Minna. Nigerian general and brief head of state.
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Silvia Federici born
Born in Parma. Italian American scholar, teacher, and feminist activist.
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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez born
Born in Guantánamo. Cuban cosmonaut.
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Prince Michael of Kent born
Born in Coppins. First cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; grandson of King George V and Queen Mary.
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Conrad Schumann born
Born in Zschochau. East German soldier (1942-1998).
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Kang Kek Iew born
Born in Peam Bang. War criminal and former leader in the Khmer Rouge (1942–2020).
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Huey P. Newton born
Born in Monroe. Co-founder of the Black Panther Party (1942-1989).
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Radu Vasile born
Born in Sibiu. 57th Prime Minister of Romania (1998-1999).
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Rupert Sheldrake born
Born in Newark-on-Trent. English biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942).
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Derek Parfit born
Born in Chengdu. British philosopher (1942–2017).
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Vyacheslav Zudov born
Born in Bor. Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2024).
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Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri born
Born in Ad-Dawr. Iraqi military and politician (1942-2020).
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Shere Hite born
Born in St. Joseph. German-American sexologist.
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Vladimir Kovalyonok born
Born in Bielaje. Soviet cosmonaut.
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Gloria E. Anzaldúa born
Born in Raymondville. Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory (1942-2004).
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Janusz Korwin-Mikke born
Born in Warsaw. Polish far-right politician and publicist (born 1942).
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Étienne Balibar born
Born in Avallon. French philosopher.
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Janko Prunk born
Born in Loka pri Zidanem Mostu. Slovenian politician and historian.
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Richard Bohringer born
Born in Moulins. French actor, director, producer.
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Yevgeny Shaposhnikov born
Born in Bolshoi Log. Soviet Air Force Marshal (1942–2020).
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Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino born
Born in Caracas. Cardinal of the Catholic Church (1942–2021).
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Walter Rodney born
Born in Georgetown. Guyanese Marxist, Pan-Afrianist, and historian (1942-1980).
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Deirdre McCloskey born
Born in Ann Arbor. American economist & academic.
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Donald E. Williams born
Born in Lafayette. American astronaut (1942–2016).
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Guion Bluford born
Born in Philadelphia. American astronaut (born 1942).
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Yasmeen Lari born
Born in Dera Ghazi Khan. Pakistani architect.
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John E. Blaha born
Born in San Antonio. American astronaut.
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John McDowell born
Born in Boksburg. South African philosopher and academic.
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Edward Luttwak born
Born in Arad. American writer and military strategist.
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Suzanne Cory born
Born in Melbourne. Australian molecular biologist.
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Ned Block born
Born in Chicago. American philosopher and academic.
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Mario Terán born
Born in Cochabamba. Bolivian army soldier.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova born
Born in Govedartsi. Bulgarian minister (1942-1981).
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Donald Rayfield born
Born in Oxford. British academic and translator (born 1942).
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Fritz Todt died
Died in Kętrzyn. German engineer, Holocaust perpetrator, and senior Nazi figure (1891–1942).
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Science & Technology 48
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National University of Mongolia
Oldest university in Mongolia
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Naval Air Station Patuxent River
Military naval air station and flight test center in Maryland, United States
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Applied Physics Laboratory
University-affiliated research center
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Chiba Institute of Technology
Higher education institution in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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Faulkner University
Private university in Montgomery, Alabama, United States
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Fairleigh Dickinson University
Private university in New Jersey, United States
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Namangan State University
University in Namangan, Uzbekistan
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Caro and Cuervo Institute
Organization
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Finnish non-profit multidisciplinary R&D organization
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Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
Japanese non-profit research organization
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Tonantzintla Observatory
Observatory
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Botanical Garden of the Comenius University
Botanical garden in Bratislava, Slovakia
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Universidad ORT Uruguay
Academic publisher
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University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Hospital in Croatia
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Indian scientific research and development organization
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Diplomatic School of Spain
Universitary school in Madrid, Spain
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Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences
Medical higher education institution in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Montreal Laboratory
Physics laboratory
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Safdarjang Hospital
Hospital in India
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Dr. Sapir Hospital and Charity Center
Hospital in Iran
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University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
University in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Altai State Technical University
Technical university in Barnaul, Russia
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Universidad de Sonora
University in Hermosillo, Mexico
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National School of Agriculture of Meknes
School of Agricultural Engineering in Morocco
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Kamchatka State Technical University
Education organization in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
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King's Mill Hospital
Hospital in England
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Morriston Hospital
Hospital
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Providence Saint John's Health Center
Hospital in Santa Monica, California, United States
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Karlskoga Hospital
Hospital
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Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Hospital in Sydney, Australia
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Chengdu Sport University
University in Chengdu, China
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College of Art, Delhi
College affiliated to the Amdebkar University Delhi
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Ho Chi Minh City University of Science
Public college in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
Research institution in Costa Rica
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Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Education organization in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar College of Commerce and Economics
College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai
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Ochsner Medical Center
Hospital in Louisiana, United States
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Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital
Retirement community in Los Angeles, California
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Naval Medical Research Center
US agency that performs applied biomedical research for the benefit of the US Navy
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Geha Mental Health Center
Healthcare organization in Petah Tikva, Israel
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Churchill Hospital
Hospital in Oxford, UK
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Hollywood Private Hospital
Hospital in Western Australia
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Hospital Universitario San Ignacio
Hospital in Colombia
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Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Science & Technology).
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Kihara Institute for Biological Research
Kihara Institute for Biological Research (Science & Technology).
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Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Spanish Pyrenean Institute of Ecology
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Ushimado Olive Garden
Ushimado Olive Garden (Science & Technology).
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Exploration & Discovery 5
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Mildenhall Treasure
Roman silver tableware hoard
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Orlova Chuka
Cave in Bulgaria
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Veksø helmets
2 bronze helmets found near Veksø, Denmark
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Psi Islands
Group of islands in Antarctica
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New St. Michael's Cave
Cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
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Economy & Trade 17
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Vale
Multinational diversified metals and mining corporation
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Talgo
Spanish trainmaker
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Esposizione Universale di Roma
Project for the 1942 Rome Universal Exposition
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Osem
Israeli company
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Vostok watches
Company
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Grupo ACS
Company
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Aerojet
Former American rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer
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Asian Paints
Indian Multi-National Paint and Coating Manufacturing Company
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Izhevsk Mechanical Plant
Firearms manufacturer
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Thule
Swedish automotive accessory company
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Alpa
Company and manufacturer of 35 mm SLR cameras
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Nexen Tire
South Korean tire manufacturer
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Eczacıbaşı
Company
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Famous Studios
Defunct American animation studio
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UBE Corporation
Japanese company
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SAME
Italian agricultural machinery manufacturer
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Azad Hind Radio
Propaganda radio service
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Disasters & Pandemics 5
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Niksar–Erbaa earthquake of 1942
7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Tokat in north-central Turkey on December 20, 1942
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1942 Wairarapa earthquakes
Earthquakes in New Zealand
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1942 Guatemala earthquake
Earthquake off southern coast of Guatemala
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1942 Ecuador earthquake
Earthquake in northeastern Ecuador
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1942 Peru earthquake
1942 Peru earthquake (Disasters & Pandemics).
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Social Movements & Revolutions 5
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Rohingya conflict
Sectarian conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar
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Zamość Uprising
Resistance operation during the Nazi occupation of Poland
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Cocos Islands Mutiny
Conflict
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Ust-Usa uprising
1942 prisoner uprising in the Ust-Usinsk area
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1942 Phoenix Thanksgiving Day riot
1942 riot in Phoenix, United States
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Architecture & Engineering 18
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Robertson Stadium
Former American football stadium in Houston
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Chedly Zouiten Stadium
Stadium in Tunis, Tunisia
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Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
Building in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Christ the King Church, Riga
Church building in Riga, Latvia
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Santa Maria Immacolata all'Esquilino
Church in Rome
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Memorial Stadium, Clemson
American football stadium
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Estadio Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla
Sports venue
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Santa Maria Regina Pacis
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Estadio Max Augustín
Sports venue in Iquitos, Peru
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Municipal Stadium in Buzău
Stadium in Buzău
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Estadio Municipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez
Stadium
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Liberation Tower of Bessarabia
Monument in Chișinău, in Moldavia
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Estadio Federico Schwager
Stadium in Coronel, Chile
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McCoy Stadium
Baseball stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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Stade Pierre-Delort
Stadium in Marseille, France
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St Richard's Church, Haywards Heath
Grade II listed church in Haywards Heath, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, England, UK
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Victory Stadium
Football stadium in Virginia, United States
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Sports & Entertainment 6
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10th Venice International Film Festival
1942 film festival edition
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Komissarzhevskaya Theatre
Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren
Football league
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China National Opera House
Opera house in Beijing, China
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Latin Quarter
Nightclub in New York City, a former cinema and Broadway theatre
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Border Theater
Historic place in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas
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Empires & Countries 1
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Lokot Autonomy founded
Lokot Autonomy was founded, with its capital at Lokot.
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