What generation is 1942? Silent Generation

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About the Generation (1942)

The Silent Generation (1928-1945): Came of age during the post-war era, known for their conformist attitudes and silent approach to political and social issues.

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Famous People (Celebrities) Born in 1942

  • Joe Biden (Nov 20, 1942)
  • Bob Ross (Oct 29, 1942)
  • Muhammad Ali (Jan 17, 1942)
  • Stephen Hawking (Jan 8, 1942)
  • Paul McCartney (Jun 18, 1942)
  • Aretha Franklin (Mar 25, 1942)
  • Harrison Ford (Jul 13, 1942)
  • Judge Judy Sheindlin (Oct 21, 1942)
  • Barbra Streisand (Apr 24, 1942)
  • Jimi Hendrix (Nov 27, 1942)

What Happened in 1942

  1. Jan 2 - World War II: the 28 nations at war with Axis powers pledge to make no separate peace deals
  2. Jan 20 - Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee Conference in Berlin to organize the "final solution", the extermination of Europe's Jews
  3. Feb 13 - Hitler's Operation Sealion, the invasion of England, is cancelled
  4. Feb 19 - About 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin
  5. Mar 17 - Bełżec Concentration Camp opens with the transport of 30,000 Lublin Polish Jews
  6. Mar 26 - First "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau concentration camps
  7. Jun 12 - Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam
  8. Jul 22 - Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp
  9. Aug 4 - 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
  10. Aug 9 - Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" motion and campaign by the All-India Congress

Top Songs 1942

  1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
  2. (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller
  3. Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey
  4. Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller
  5. Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James
  6. (I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser
  7. A String of Pearls - Glenn Miller
  8. Blues in the Night - Woody Herman
  9. Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
  10. Deep in the Heart of Texas - Alveno Rey

Popular Movies 1942

  1. Casablanca - Director: Curtiz, Michael. Country: USA.
  2. The Magnificent Ambersons - Director: Welles, Orson. Country: USA.
  3. To Be or Not to Be - Director: Lubitsch, Ernst. Country: USA.
  4. Bambi - Director: Hand, David / Algar, James / Armstrong, Samuel / Heid, Graham / Pearce, Perce / Roberts, Bill / Satterfield, Paul / Wright, Norman. Country: USA.
  5. Yankee Doodle Dandy - Director: Curtiz, Michael. Country: USA.
  6. Now, Voyager - Director: Rapper, Irving. Country: USA.
  7. The Palm Beach Story - Director: Sturges, Preston. Country: USA.
  8. Cat People - Director: Tourneur, Jacques. Country: USA.
  9. Woman of the Year - Director: Stevens, George. Country: USA.
  10. Kings Row - Director: Wood, Sam. Country: USA.

Who Was US President 1942

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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