What Happened In March 1942 In History

Historical Events for March, 1942

• 3rd » World War II: Ten Empire of Japan named Japanese warplanes Attack on Broome named raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
• 8th » World War II: The Netherlands called Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java (island) or Java.
• 11th » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur flees Corregidor.
• 14th » Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States successfully to treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.
• 16th » The first V-2 rocket test launch. It exploded at lift-off.
• 17th » The Holocaust Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lemberg Ghetto Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec extermination camp Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
• 18th » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
• 20th » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the Battle of the Philippines (1942) named fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
• 23rd » World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands.
• 26th » World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps e.g concentration camp in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany called German-occupied Poland.
• 28th » World War II: St Nazaire Raid: In occupied France, United Kingdom British naval forces successfully St Nazaire Raid raid the Germany German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
• 29th » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
• 31st » World War II: Battle of Christmas Island called Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1942

• 1st » Jerry Fisher, American singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1st » Peter Guber, American film producer
• 1st » Richard Myers, American general
• 2nd » Kwang Jo Choi, South Korean martial artist
• 2nd » John Irving, American author
• 2nd » Claude Larose (ice hockey b. 1942) or Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2nd » Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iranian politician, 79th Prime Minister of Iran
• 2nd » Luc Plamondon, Canadian songwriter
• 2nd » Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Velvet Underground and Metal Machine Trio) (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Rod Hackney, English architect
• 4th » Ji-Tu Cumbuka, American actor
• 4th » Gloria Gaither, American singer-songwriter (Bill Gaither Trio)
• 4th » Charles C. Krulak, American general
• 4th » David Matthews (keyboardist) known as David Matthews, American keyboard player (Manhattan Jazz Quintet)
• 4th » Christopher Shackle, English author and educator
• 4th » Lynn Sherr, American journalist and author
• 4th » James Gustave Speth, American lawyer
• 4th » Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metro (Hungarian band) e.g Metro)
• 4th » Henk van der Kroon, Dutch politician
• 5th » Felipe González, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 5th » Mike Resnick, American author
• 6th » Ben Murphy, American actor
• 6th » Flora Purim, Brazilian singer (Return to Forever)
• 7th » Michael Eisner, American businessman
• 7th » Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, talk show host, and singer (d. 2007)
• 7th » Jaan Manitski, Estonian businessman and politician, 16th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 8th » Dick Allen, American baseball player
• 8th » Palito Ortega, Argentinian singer, actor, and politician
• 8th » Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper
• 9th » John Cale, Welsh singer-songwriter, violist, and producer (The Velvet Underground and Theatre of Eternal Music)
• 9th » Mark Lindsay, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
• 11th » Peter Eyre, American-English actor
• 11th » Joel Steiger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 12th » Ratko Mladić, Serbian general
• 12th » Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author (d. 2013)
• 12th » Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player
• 13th » Marshall Chess, American record producer
• 13th » Dave Cutler, American software developer
• 13th » Geoffrey Hayes, English actor
• 13th » Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1999)
• 13th » Herman Wijffels, Dutch economist and politician
• 14th » Rita Tushingham, English actress
• 16th » Roger Crozier, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
• 16th » James Soong, Chinese-Taiwanese politician, Governor of Taiwan Province
• 16th » Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lost Gonzo Band)
• 16th » Gijs van Lennep, Dutch race car driver
• 17th » John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (d. 1994)
• 18th » Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (d. 1991)
• 19th » Richard Dobson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 19th » Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 20th » Robin Luke, American singer
• 21st » Françoise Dorléac, French actress (d. 1967)
• 21st » Kostas Politis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 21st » Amina Claudine Myers, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 22nd » Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
• 22nd » Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 22nd » Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
• 23rd » Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 23rd » Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar, and activist (d. 1980)
• 25th » Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 25th » Kim Woodburn, English television host
• 26th » Erica Jong, American author and poet
• 27th » John Adshead, English-New Zealand footballer and manager
• 27th » Michael Jackson (writer) or Michael Jackson, English journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 27th » John Sulston, English biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 27th » Michael York (actor) known as Michael York, English actor
• 28th » Michel Bissonnet, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 28th » Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
• 28th » Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Makuuchi Yokozuna e.g Yokozuna
• 28th » Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
• 28th » Mike Newell (director) called Mike Newell, English director and producer
• 28th » Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
• 28th » Conrad Schumann, German soldier (d. 1998)
• 28th » Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach
• 29th » Julie Goodyear, English actress
• 29th » Bob Lurtsema, American football player
• 29th » Scott Wilson (actor) named Scott Wilson, American actor
• 30th » Ruben Kun, Nauruan politician, 14th President of Nauru
• 30th » Kenneth Welsh, Canadian actor
• 31st » Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
• 31st » Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (d. 2013)
• 31st » Michael Savage, American radio host and author

Famous Deaths for March 1942

• 1st » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
• 2nd » Tyler Brooke, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 7th » Lucy Parsons, American activist (b. 1853)
• 8th » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (b. 1888)
• 10th » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, mathematician, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 12th » Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (b. 1861)
• 14th » René Bull, Irish illustrator (b. 1872)
• 19th » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
• 22nd » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 22nd » William Donne, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 25th » William Carr (rower) known as William Carr, American rower (b. 1876)
• 26th » Jimmy Burke (baseball) known as Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 28th » Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)

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