208 notable events from 1942 — wars, massacres and murders. Page 2 of 3.
- 1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
Jan 30, 1942 · Indonesia · Aviation accident
- Oslo Mosquito raid (1942)
Sep 25, 1942 · Norway · War & armed conflict
- 1942 KNILM Douglas DC-3 shootdown
Mar 3, 1942 · Australia · War & armed conflict
- Makarska massacre
Aug 29, 1942–Sep 1942 · Croatia · Massacre
- Operation Kopaonik
Oct 14, 1942 · Serbia · War & armed conflict
- Catavi massacre
Dec 21, 1942 · Bolivia · Massacre
- Knights of Columbus Hostel fire
Dec 12, 1942 · Canada · Fire
- Dünamünde Action
Mar 1942 · Latvia · War & armed conflict
- Nizhny Chir massacre
Sep 2, 1942 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- SS Fort Stikine
Jul 31, 1942–Apr 14, 1944 · India · Maritime disaster
- SMR Research Department Incident
Sep 1942 · Crime & justice
- 1942 Arakan massacres
1942 · Myanmar · Massacre
- Massacre in Budy
Oct 5, 1942 · Poland · Massacre
- August 1942 crisis
Aug 15, 1942–Sep 3, 1942 · Crisis
- Podhum massacre
Jul 12, 1942 · Croatia · Murder & homicide
- Battle of Dražgoše
Jan 9, 1942–Jan 11, 1942 · Slovenia · War & armed conflict
- Augsburg raid
Apr 17, 1942 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Alexandra Hospital massacre
Feb 14, 1942 · Singapore · Massacre
- Lordsburg killings
Jul 27, 1942 · United States · Massacre
- Gata massacre
Oct 1, 1942 · Croatia · Massacre
- Leo Hannan
Jan 1, 1942–Jan 1, 1950 · Murder & homicide
- People's Guard bombings of Café Club
Oct 24, 1942 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- Escape from Fort Stanton
Nov 1, 1942–Nov 3, 1942 · United States · Crime & justice
- Święciany massacre
May 1942 · Lithuania · Massacre
- Burma Railway prisoner abuse
Jul 1942–Oct 1943 · Thailand · War & armed conflict
- Imber friendly fire incident
Apr 13, 1942 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Rabaul (1942)
1942 · Papua New Guinea · War & armed conflict
- Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka massacre
Dec 6, 1942 · Poland · Massacre
- Sambor Ghetto
Nov 10, 1942–Jun 10, 1943 · Ukraine · Massacre
- 1942 Aeroflot Li-2 Krasnoyarsk crash
Nov 17, 1942 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Dzyatlava massacre
Apr 30, 1942 · Belarus · Murder & homicide
- Air raids on Hong Kong
Oct 1942–Aug 1945 · Hong Kong · War & armed conflict
- Sękocin Forest massacre
May 28, 1942 · Poland · Suicide & execution
- Alía massacre
Aug 16, 1942 · Spain · Massacre
- Sarny massacre
Aug 27, 1942 · Massacre
- Pridvorica massacre
Jan 7, 1942 · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Massacre
- Sinking of U-85
Apr 14, 1942 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Ludmiłówka pogrom
Nov 1, 1942–Feb 1, 1943 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1942 Herefordshire TRE Halifax crash
Jun 7, 1942 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 1942 Ruislip Wellington accident
Oct 18, 1942 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 1942 Guatemala earthquake
Aug 6, 1942 · Guatemala · Earthquake
- Bombing of the casino on Szucha Avenue
May 19, 1942 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- Air raid on Ceylon (9 April 1942)
Apr 9, 1942 · Sri Lanka · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Masasue Suho
Jun 20, 1942 · South Korea · Murder & homicide
- Operation Triangle (police)
Sep 22, 1942–Sep 27, 1942 · Belarus · War & armed conflict
- Kitów massacre
Dec 11, 1942 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- Operation Monkey Cage
Nov 11, 1942–Nov 16, 1942 · Belarus · Massacre
- Train disaster at Sliedrecht
Nov 27, 1942 · Netherlands · Rail accident
- 1942 Ecuador earthquake
May 13, 1942 · Ecuador · Earthquake
- 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes
Jun 24, 1942 · New Zealand · Earthquake
- Zgierz massacre
Mar 20, 1942 · Poland · Massacre
- Syrmia massacre
Sep 1942 · Croatia · Massacre
- Execution of Pawiak prisoners in Warsaw
Oct 1942 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- 1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake
Dec 20, 1942 · Türkiye · Earthquake
- 1942 Phoenix Thanksgiving Day riot
Nov 26, 1942 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Bombing of Saint-Nazaire on 9 November 1942
Nov 9, 1942 · France · War & armed conflict
- Execution in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski
Sep 30, 1942 · Poland · Suicide & execution
- Boulder bombings
Feb 2, 1942 · Australia · Bombing & explosion
- Ration truck massacre
Feb 20, 1942 · Timor-Leste · Massacre
- Outram torture and prisoner abuse
Feb 15, 1942–1945 · Singapore · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Sukabumi
Mar 6, 1942 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Tessenderlo disaster
Apr 29, 1942 · Belgium · Bombing & explosion
- Brzesko Ghetto
Jul 1, 1942–Sep 17, 1942 · Poland · Massacre
- 1942 Peru earthquake
Aug 24, 1942 · Peru · Earthquake
- Bloody January of Banat
Jan 3, 1942–Jan 9, 1942 · Serbia · Massacre
- Attack of the U-209 on the convoy near Matveyev Island
Aug 17, 1942 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Sinking of SS C.F. Liljevalch
Aug 18, 1942 · Maritime disaster
- De Havilland DH.95 crash in Yorkshire
Apr 30, 1942 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Executions at the Łuże Dunes
Jan 1, 1942 · Poland · Suicide & execution
- Obórki massacre
Nov 13, 1942 · Poland
- Tol Massacre
Feb 4, 1942 · Papua New Guinea · Massacre
- Feldmann case
Oct 27, 1942 · Norway · Murder & homicide
- Rajsk pacifiation
Jun 16, 1942 · Poland
- Massacre in Łomazy (1942)
Jan 1, 1942 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- 1942 Voćin massacre
Jan 14, 1942 · Croatia · Massacre
- Execution in Przasnysz (1942)
Dec 17, 1942 · Poland · Suicide & execution
- Foghorn affair
1942 · Netherlands · Scandal & controversy
- 1942 Caldera earthquake
Sep 6, 1942 · Chile · Earthquake
- Chana mine disaster
Jan 21, 1942 · France · Bombing & explosion
- Primošten massacre
Nov 16, 1942 · Croatia · Massacre
- Bombing of Mandalay
1942 · Myanmar · War & armed conflict
- Crash of Lockheed Lodestar PP-PBG
Sep 28, 1942 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Execution in Babice
Jan 1, 1942 · Poland · Suicide & execution
- Operations Dreieck and Viereck
Sep 17, 1942–Oct 2, 1942 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Aleksandrów massacres
Jan 1, 1942–Jan 1, 1944 · Poland · Massacre
- Executions in Laski near Warsaw
Jan 1, 1942–Jan 1, 1943 · Poland
- Tüscherz rail accident
Oct 2, 1942 · Switzerland · Rail accident
- Kortelisy massacre
Sep 23, 1942 · Ukraine
- Operation Anton I
Mar 3, 1942–Mar 6, 1942 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Wake Atoll raid
Feb 24, 1942 · Marshall Islands · War & armed conflict
- Olchowce massacres
Jan 1, 1942–Jan 1, 1944 · Poland · Suicide & execution
- Pantalowice and Hadle Szklarskie massacre
Dec 4, 1942 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- 1942 Adas shooting
Aug 18, 1942 · India · Crime & justice
- Dramljova massacre
Sep 11, 1942 · Belarus · Massacre
- Nocera Inferiore train accident
Nov 27, 1942 · Italy · Rail accident
- Crime in Rudniki
Sep 11, 1942 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Laha Massacre
Feb 1942 · Indonesia · Massacre
- Massacres in Boiska
Jan 1, 1942 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Pacification of Podklasztor village
Feb 1, 1942 · Poland
- Crimes in Derazhne
Jan 1, 1942–Jan 1, 1943 · Ukraine