The 1942 United States Senate elections were held November 3, 1942, midway through Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term as President Background. Although this election took place during World War II, the opposition Republican party made major gains, taking eight seats ...

The Burma campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II took place over four years from 1942 to 1945. During the first year of the campaign, the Imperial Japanese Army with aid from Burmese insurgents had driven British forces and Chinese forces out of Burma, and occupied most of the country.From May to December 1942, most active campaigning ceased …

1942年夏のドイツ軍戦略は、ブラウ作戦でコーカサスの攻略を目指すものであったが、その前に、準備的作戦として、ハリコフ南方のバルベンコボ突出部の除去とクリミアの占領が必要だった。その為に、マンシュタインのケルチ半島からソ連軍を駆逐する ...

The Big Shot (1942) is an American film noir crime drama film starring Humphrey Bogart as a crime boss and Irene Manning as the woman he falls in love with. Having finally reached stardom with such projects as The Maltese Falcon (1941), this would be the last film in which former supporting player Bogart would portray a gangster for Warner Bros. (He would play a gangster …

The Glass Key is a 1942 American crime drama based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett.The picture was directed by Stuart Heisler starring Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd (who plays the actual lead despite being billed third). A successful earlier film version starring George Raft in Ladd's role had been released in 1935. The 1942 version's supporting …

Battlefield 1942 foi lançado em 10 de setembro de 2002, ambientado na Segunda Guerra Mundial, usava a tecnologia (engine) refrector, responsável por introduzir o modo Conquista, presente até hoje nos jogos da série, o objetivo era capturar pontos do mapa.Os cenários continham as praias da Normandia, desertos do norte da África, a batalha de Midway no …

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII is the second of two expansions to the World War II first-person shooter computer game Battlefield 1942. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 4 September 2003 in North America and 5 September 2003 in Europe. It was also released for Mac OS X on 25 October 2004.. Secret Weapons of WWII brings many new features to the original …

The SS Alpena (formerly the SS Leon Fraser) is a lake freighter.She was built in 1942 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse, Michigan, to carry iron ore.She was originally owned by the Pittsburgh Steamship Company, a subsidiary of United States Steel.After also hauling grain in addition to ore in the 1960s and 1970s, the ship was put into storage in 1982.

Cat People is a 1942 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced for RKO by Val Lewton.The film tells the story of Irena Dubrovna, a newly married Serbian fashion illustrator obsessed with the idea that she is descended from an ancient tribe of Cat People who metamorphose into black panthers when aroused.

1942: A Love Story, also known as 1942 A Love Story, is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language patriotic romance film, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.It stars Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala and Jackie Shroff, with Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Pran and Brian Glover.The film revolves around two lovers—Naren (Kapoor) and Rajjo (Koirala), who come from contrasting family …

The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, on November 28, 1942, and resulted in the deaths of 492 people.It is the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history, and the second-deadliest single-building fire (after the Iroquois Theatre fire).. The Cocoanut Grove was one of Boston's most popular nightspots, attracting …

Arabian Nights is a 1942 adventure film directed by John Rawlins and starring Sabu, Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Leif Erickson.The film is derived from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights but owes more to the imagination of Universal Pictures than the original Arabian stories. Unlike other films in the genre (The Thief of Bagdad), it features no monsters or supernatural …

The 1942 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 10th season. Santiago Morning was the tournament’s champion, winning its first title. Santiago Morning's 1942 champion team. Scores. AUD BAD COL GCR MAG SMO SNA UES UCA UCH; Audax: 2–2 0–2 4–1 2–3 ...

Petronella Barker (born 12 October 1942 in Sittingbourne, Kent) is an English actress. Life. The daughter of the comedy actor Eric Barker and the actress Pearl Hackney, she grew up in the village of Stalisfield, Kent, and was educated at Ashford School. Barker trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1960 ...