WHAT HAPPENED IN 1942.
Look what happened the 1942.

The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations. (1. January 1942)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring. (2. January 1942)

World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces. (2. January 1942)

World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins. (7. January 1942)

World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur. (11. January 1942)

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. (12. January 1942)

Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car. (13. January 1942)

World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter. (13. January 1942)

Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard. (16. January 1942)

World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma (19. January 1942)

World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". (20. January 1942)

World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. (23. January 1942)

World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom. (24. January 1942)

World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. (25. January 1942)

World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland. (26. January 1942)

World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. (30. January 1942)

World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to the island of Singapore. (31. January 1942)

World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government. (1. February 1942)

World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater. (1. February 1942)

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers. (1. February 1942)