Today in History for October 1942

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 57 of 57

1st - Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight
1st - Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing
2nd - "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338
2nd - 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago
3rd - FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization
3rd - Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)
3rd - NY Yanks Frank Crosetti shoves ump Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 & suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season
4th - German assault on Tractor factory in Stalingrad
5th - 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred
5th - St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series
6th - Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram
7th - 1 salvo Katjoesja-rocket destroys nazi battalion in Stalingrad
7th - Last camouflaged German raider Komet leaves Flushing harbor (Neth)
7th - Maxwell Andersons "Eve of St Mark," premieres in NYC
7th - US & British government announce establishment of United Nations
7th - Yvon Robert beats Bill Longson in Montreal, to become wrestling champ
8th - Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley)
9th - Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.
10th - 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt
11th - -Oct 12] Sea battle at Cape Esperance Guadalcanal
12th - Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division
12th - US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance
14th - Dobbe resistances group overthrows Bonkarten distribution
14th - German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed
14th - Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
15th - German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die
16th - Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC
16th - Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India
16th - Natl Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
18th - Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed
20th - "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations
22nd - 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
22nd - US gens Clark & Lemnitzer & French gen Mast meet secretly in Algeria
23rd - 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk
23rd - During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt
23rd - German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad
23rd - All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii").
24th - 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry
25th - 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive
25th - Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins
25th - Fieldmarshal Rommel back in North-Africa
26th - 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
26th - 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough
26th - Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes
27th - 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance
27th - US aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz
28th - 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery
28th - Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)
29th - 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia
29th - 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault
29th - Alaska highway completed
29th - Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers
29th - Nazi's murder 16,000 Jewish in Pinsk, Soviet Union
30th - 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault
30th - US aircraft carrier Enterprise reaches Noumea
31st - 94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton)
31st - 9th day in battle at El Alamein

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52

2nd - Steve Sabol, Moorestown, New Jersey, filmmaker (35 Emmy awards), (d. 2012)
3rd - Alan Rachins, American actor
4th - Christopher Stone, Manchester NH, actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns)
4th - Jenny Arean, [Joanna Klarenbeek], Dutch actress (Paul Chevrolet)
4th - Karl W. Richter, American aviator (d. 1967)
5th - Richard Street, Detroit Mi, rocker (Temptations)
6th - Britt Ekland, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Wicker Man, Asylum)
6th - Fred Travalena, NYC, comedian/impressionist (Buy & Cell)
6th - Millie Small, Jamaican singer
9th - Shukri Ghanem, Vienna Austria, Libyan Prime Minister (2003-2006), (d. 2012)
10th - Peter Coyote, [Cohon], NYC, actor (Kika, Living a Lie, Exposure, ET)
10th - Radu Vasile, Romanian Prime Minister
11th - Amitabh Bachan, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Indian actor and film producer (Deewar)
11th - Malvin Whitfield, Bay City Tx, track star (Oly-3 gold/silv/br-48, 52)
11th - Victor H Fazio, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
12th - Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress (Casino Royalle, Lord Jim)
12th - Melvin Franklin, Montgomery Alabama, rocker (Temptations)
13th - Jerry Jones, owner/GM (Dallas Cowboys)
13th - Pamela Tiffin, [Pamela Wonso], Oklahoma City OK, actress (Viva Max!)
13th - Bob Bailey, American baseball player
14th - Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist (Them)
15th - Don Stevenson, Seattle Wash, rock drummer (Moby Grape)
15th - James A Leach, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1977- )
15th - Penny Marshall, Bronx NY, actress (Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley)
16th - Dave Lovelady, rocker
17th - Gary Puckett, vocalist (& Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl)
18th - Willie Horton, baseball slugger (Detroit Tigers)
18th - Larry Pickering, Australian newspaper cartoonist
19th - Andrew Vachss, American author and attorney
20th - Earl Hindman, Bisbee AZ, actor (Wilson-Home Improvement)
21st - Elvin Bishop, Tulsa OK, rock guitarist (Fooled Around & Fell in Love)
21st - Les AuCoin, (Rep-D-OR, 1975- )
21st - Allan Grice, Australian racing driver
Jurist/TV Personality Judith Sheindlin (21st) 21st - Judith Sheindlin, Brooklyn, New York, Jurist and Television personality (Judge Judy)
22nd - Annette Funicello, Utica NY, actress (Mickey Mouse Club)
22nd - Bobby Fuller, rocker
22nd - Robin John Maconie, composer
23rd - Anita Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer (Body Shop)
23rd - Michael Crichton, Chicago, novelist (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker), (d. 2008)
26th - Dietmar Polaczek, composer
26th - John P "Jannie" Roux, South African sect to pres (Botha/De Klerk)
26th - Bob Hoskins, British actor
27th - Phillip Catherine, rocker
27th - Lee Greenwood, American singer
28th - Kees Verkerk, skater World Champion (1967)/(Olympics-gold-68)
28th - Sharron Moran, LPGA golfer
29th - Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster
29th - Bob Ross, American artist and television host (d. 1995)
Novelist Michael Crichton (23rd) 30th - Sven-David Sandstrom, composer
31st - Ben M J Hennekam, Dutch MP (CDA)
31st - David Ogden Stiers, Peoria Ill, actor (Winchester-M*A*S*H, Doc)
31st - Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

1st - Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884)
6th - Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwarts), dies
8th - Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer
10th - Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68
11th - Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64
15th - Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed
16th - 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed
18th - Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
20th - May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84
22nd - Gustave "Staff" de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies
22nd - Sybren Tulip, NSBer/supt of police in Amsterdam (1941-42), dies
23rd - Georg Stumme, German general/commandant of African corps, dies
23rd - Ralph Rainger, composer, dies at 41
24th - Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (1 Test England 1921, 1 run, 1 catch), dies
25th - Ted Arnold, cricketer (160 runs & 31 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng), dies
27th - Helmuth Hubener, Youth Political Activist against the Hitler regime (b. 1925)