1942
ID: 1511
Normandie fire sparks Operation Underworld; William Casey joins Board of Economic Warfare
ID: 1511
1942
ID: 1512
Japanese occupy Philippines; Golden Lily headquarters established for Southeast Asian gold looting
ID: 1512
1942
ID: 1513
Golden Lily operations begin: Systematic looting of Philippine banks, Chinese community, Catholic churches
ID: 1513
1942
ID: 1514
Golden Lily teams deployed to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore; 175 treasure sites prepared across Philippines
ID: 1514
1942
ID: 1515
IG Farben produces 90% of German military explosives, 60% of synthetic gasoline
ID: 1515
1942
ID: 1516
IG Farben doctors conduct medical experiments on Auschwitz prisoners
ID: 1516
1942
ID: 1517
Battle of Los Angeles - 1,400 anti-aircraft rounds fired at unidentified objects; Japan had no aircraft in area
ID: 1517
1942
ID: 1518
Enrico Fermi achieves first controlled nuclear chain reaction
ID: 1518
1942
ID: 1519
The Manhattan Project drives advances in nuclear chemistry and plutonium production
ID: 1519
1942
ID: 1520
WWII military testing showed 96% literacy rate among inductees (1942-1944)
ID: 1520
1942
ID: 1521
Allen Dulles coordinates OSS operations from Switzerland using BIS connections (1942-1945)
ID: 1521
1942
ID: 1522
St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein) to Auschwitz - Jewish philosopher become Carmelite - Dies in gas chamber
ID: 1522
1942
ID: 4251
Remington Rand produces fire control equipment and other military devices during World War II
ID: 4251
1942
ID: 4292
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) completed at Iowa State - first electronic digital computer but not programmable
ID: 4292
1942
ID: 4488
Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane introduce category theory
ID: 4488
1942
ID: 5652
Disney's 'Bambi' film released, featuring Flower the skunk as beloved character
ID: 5652
1942
ID: 5633
April 9, 1942
Fall of Bataan - largest surrender in American and Filipino military history, followed by the Bataan Death March
ID: 5633
1942
ID: 5634
May 6, 1942
Fall of Corregidor - Japanese forces capture the island fortress, completing conquest of the Philippines
ID: 5634