1942 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1942 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- 29 January - Desert Island Discs first broadcast on BBC radio. [1]
- 7 February - soap rationing introduced. [1]
- 15 February - World War II: Arthur Ernest Percival's forces surrender to the Japanese at the Battle of Singapore. [1]
- 25 February - Princess Elizabeth registers for war service.
- 5 April - World War II: Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
- 9 April - World War II: Japanese Navy launches air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the country's East Coast.
- 25 August- Prince George, Duke of Kent, the brother of King George VI is killed in an air crash near Caithness, Scotland.
- 29 October - Holocaust: Leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
- 3 November - World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein ends - German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night.
- 7 December - British commandos conduct Operation Frankton a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
[edit] Births
[edit] January - April
- January 3 - John Thaw, English actor (d. 2002)
- January 8 - Stephen Hawking, British physicist
- January 8 - George Passmore, English artist (Gilbert and George)
- January 19 - Michael Crawford, English singer and actor
- January 31 - Derek Jarman, English director and writer (d. 1994)
- February 1 - Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer
- February 2 - Graham Nash, English musician
- February 28 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
- March 9 - John Cale, Welsh composer and musician
- March 25 - Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer
- March 27 - John E. Sulston, British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- March 27 - Michael York, English actor
- March 28 - Neil Kinnock, British statesman
- March 28 - Mike Newell, British film director
- April 5 - Peter Greenaway, Welsh filmmaker
- April 8 - Roger Chapman, British singer (Family, Streetwalkers)
[edit] May - August
- May 8 - Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
- May 12 - Ian Dury, British musician (d. 2000)
- May 18 - Albert Hammond, English-born musician and composer
- May 18 - Nobby Stiles, English footballer
- June 18 - Paul McCartney, English musician and composer (The Beatles)
- June 24 - Mick Fleetwood, English drummer (Fleetwood Mac)
- July 4 - Prince Michael of Kent
- July 23 - Myra Hindley, English murderer (d. 2002)
- August 26 - Dennis Turner, British politician
[edit] September - December
- September 17 - Desmond Lynam, British TV presenter
- October 26 - Bob Hoskins, English actor
- November 24 - Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
- November 29 - Michael Craze, British actor (d. 1998)
- December 4 - Gemma Jones, British actress
- December 31 - Andy Summers, English musician
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn- third eldest son of Queen Victoria (b. 1850)
- March 10 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- April 16 - Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria
- June 7 - Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b. 1903)
- July 28 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (b. 1853)
- August 25 - Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth eldest son of King George V (b. 1902)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
