Historical figures in 1942

The atlas holds 16 people and 24 moments here, in 1942. The most recorded lives are John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists.

Notable people

1. John F. Kennedy

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   John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

2. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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   Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…

3. Ronald Reagan

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   American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

4. Mahatma Gandhi

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   Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

5. Winston Churchill

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   Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

6. Jawaharlal Nehru

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   Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

7. Adolf Hitler

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   Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

8. Charles de Gaulle

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   French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

9. George Orwell

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   George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…

10. Pope John Paul II

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    Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…

11. Fidel Castro

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    Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…

12. Albert Camus

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    French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…

13. Jimmy Carter

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    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

14. Stephen Hawking

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    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

15. Le Corbusier

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    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

16. Indira Gandhi

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    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

Moments

1. 1942 Residence in Hampstead Charles de Gaulle
2. 1942 Belén school transfer Fidel Castro
3. 1942 Flat at Mortimer Crescent George Orwell
4. 1942 Transfer to Georgia Tech Jimmy Carter
5. 1942 Assigned to Charleston John F. Kennedy
6. 1942 Confined at Aga Khan Palace Mahatma Gandhi
7. 1942 Assigned to Culver City film unit Ronald Reagan
8. 1942 Birth in Oxford Stephen Hawking
9. 1942 Recuperates at Pompano Beach Winston Churchill
10. 1942 Marriage to Feroze Gandhi Indira Gandhi
11. 1942 Stationed at Fort Mason Ronald Reagan
12. 1942 Mission to London Dwight D. Eisenhower
13. 1942 Commanding General of ETOUSA Dwight D. Eisenhower
14. 1942 Arrives at Führer Headquarters Werwolf Adolf Hitler
15. 1942 Trained at Northwestern John F. Kennedy
16. 1942 Final departure from Vichy Le Corbusier
17. 1942 Writing from Le Panelier Albert Camus
18. 1942 Imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort Jawaharlal Nehru
19. 1942 Quit India resolution meeting Jawaharlal Nehru
20. 1942 Delivers Quit India speech Mahatma Gandhi
21. 1942 Flies to Moscow via Egypt Winston Churchill
22. 1942 Entered PT-boat training John F. Kennedy
23. 1942 Underground seminary in occupied Kraków Pope John Paul II
24. 1942 North African command headquarters Dwight D. Eisenhower

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