1942

Declaration of United Nations signed in Washington.
Nazi leaders commence "Final Solution"
U.S. begins building atomic bomb
Enrico Fermi achieves nuclear chain reaction.
More than 120,000 Japanese and persons of Japanese ancestry living in western U.S. moved to "relocation centers"
American bombers, under the command of Jimmy Doolittle, bomb Tokyo
Phrase "G.I. Joe" coined
Aaron Copeland's "Rodeo"
Bing Crosby's recording of "White Christmas"
"Sinatra Fever"
Films - "Holiday Inn", "Bambi"
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Roger Staubach, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Crawford born
Grant Wood, John Barrymore, Carol Lombard, George M. Cohan, and Franz Boas die