January 1942

Thursday 01:

The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.

Friday 02:

The United States Navy opens a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Tuesday 06:

Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.

Wednesday 07:

World War II: Siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.

Sunday 11:

The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.

Monday 12:

President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.

Tuesday 13:

The United States begins the iternment of Japanese-Americans living on the American west coast.

Monday 19:

World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma.

Tuesday 20:

World War II: Nazis at the Wannsee conference in Berlin decide the "final solution to the Jewish problem".

Sunday 25:

Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.

Monday 26:

World War II: The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.