Historical Events
- 28th Rose Bowl: #12 Oregon State beats #2 Duke, 20-16 (played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat)
- 8th Orange Bowl: #14 Georgia beats TCU, 40-26
- 8th Sugar Bowl: #6 Fordham beats #7 Missouri, 2-0
- US & 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
Famous Birthdays
- Alassane Ouattara, Former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
- Country Joe McDonald, California, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish)
- Gennadi Vassilyevich Sarafanov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
- George Couroupos, composer
- Judy Stone, Australian pop singer
- Martin Frost, (Rep-D-TX, 1971- )
Famous Deaths
- Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, dies at 35
What Happened in 1942
Wannsee Conference
Adolf Eichmann's infamous list with estimates of the number of Jews in European countries as presented at the Wannsee Conference
January 20, 1942Battle of Los Angeles
Anti-aircraft guns and spotlights comb the sky above Los Angeles during the rumored Japanese attack
February 24, 1942'I Shall Return'
A statue in the Philippines commemorating the promised return of American commander Douglas MacArthur in World War II
March 20, 1942Anne Frank – A Light of Inspiration in the Nazi Darkness
Anne Frank received her famous diary on this day – a beacon of hope and love from a young girl in a world beset by cruelty, horror and death.
June 12, 1942
