WHAT HAPPENED IN 1942.
Look what happened the 1942.

World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand. (6. February 1942)

World War II: Japan invades Singapore. (8. February 1942)

World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. (9. February 1942)

Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. (9. February 1942)

The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo". (10. February 1942)

World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore. (11. February 1942)

Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore. (14. February 1942)

World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. (15. February 1942)

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore. (18. February 1942)

World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people. (19. February 1942)

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to internment camps. (19. February 1942)

Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. (20. February 1942)

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable. (22. February 1942)

World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the California coastline near Santa Barbara. (23. February 1942)

The Battle of Los Angeles, one of the largest documented UFO sightings in history; the event lasted into the early hours of February 25. (24. February 1942)

An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin". (24. February 1942)

World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies. (27. February 1942)

The heavy cruiser USS Houston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMAS Perth which lost 375 men. (28. February 1942)

World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people. (3. March 1942)

World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java. (8. March 1942)