February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
Day of death August 16, 1942
The temperature on August 16, 1942 was between 15.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
February 24 » The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
September 9 » World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
November 13 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
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