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| 1942 |
| | | Early tests of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb are carried out at the National Physical Laboratory's ship tank | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star in the first of many films together, Woman of the Year | |
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| 1942 |
| | | A rich hoard of Roman silver is unearthed near Mildenhall, in Suffolk | |
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| 1942 |
| | | English children's author Enid Blyton introduces the Famous Five in Five on a Treasure Island | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Thornton Wilder's play The Skin of our Teeth has a mixed reception at its New Haven premiere | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Churchill gives Harold Macmillan an unusual job, negotiating on behalf of the British government in north Africa and reporting directly to Churchill | |
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| 1942 |
| | | US crooner Bing Crosby sings Irving Berlin's White Christmas | |
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| 1942 January |
| | | Aung San's Burma Independence Army enters Burma as part of the Japanese invasion | |
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| 1942 January |
| | | Before the end of the month the Japanese control the whole of Malaya | |
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| 1942 January 20 |
| | | Reinhard Heydrich convenes a meeting at Wannsee to discuss the practical details of the 'final solution' | |
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