1942 Fact Sheet
Database: Miss America Winners by State
| Record Name | Year | City | State |
| Jo-Carroll Dennison | 1942 | Tyler County | TEXAS |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Guided Missile | 1942 | Germany | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Wernher von Braun |
| Nuclear reactor | 1942 | United States | North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Enrico Fermi |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 1942 Stanley Cup Winner | 1942 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Clarence 'Hap' Day | Detroit Red Wings | Jack Adams | Hockey | Toronto |
Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year
| Record Name | Year | Title | Author |
| In This Our Life, Ellen Glasgow | 1942 | In This Our Life | Ellen Glasgow |
Database: Tour de France Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Country | Sport | Tour | Winning Name |
| No Competition (World War II) Tour | 1942 | Cycling | No Competition (World War II) |
Database: Carnegie Medal for Children's Books
| Record Name | Year | Publisher | Author |
| The Little Grey Men | 1942 | Eyre & Spottiswoode | 'BB' (D J Watkins-Pitchford) |
Database: American Film Institute's 100 Best Movies of All Time
| Record Name | Year | Rank | Movie | Source |
| Casablanca (1942) | 1942 | 3. | Casablanca | American Film Institute |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) | 1942 | 98. | Yankee Doodle Dandy | American Film Institute |
Database: Baseball World Series Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Winning City | Losing City | Sport | Score |
| World Series 1942 | 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Yankees | St. Louis | NEW YORK | Baseball | 4 - 1 |
Database: Aircraft Carriers of the United States
| Record Name | Country | Aircraft Carrier | Comission Year | Decomission or Loss Year | Commision Date | Decommision or Loss Date | Hull Number |
| Langley | United States | Langley | 1922 | 1942 | 20 Mar 1922 | 27 Feb 1942 | 1 |
| Lexington | United States | Lexington | 1927 | 1942 | 14 Dec 1927 | 8 May 1942 | 2 |
| Yorktown | United States | Yorktown | 1937 | 1942 | 30 Sep 1937 | 7 Jun 1942 | 5 |
| Wasp | United States | Wasp | 1940 | 1942 | 25 Apr 1940 | 15 Sep 1942 | 7 |
| Hornet | United States | Hornet | 1941 | 1942 | 20 Oct 1941 | 26 Oct 1942 | 8 |
| Essex | United States | Essex | 1942 | 1969 | 31 Dec 1942 | 30 Jun 1969 | 9 |
Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions
| Record Name | Year | Sport | City Location | Winner | Champion | Opponent | In Final 4 | In Final 4 |
| NCAA Tournament Champion (1942) | 1942 | Basketball | Kansas City | Stanford | Stanford | Dartmouth | Colorado | KENTUCKY |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 1942 | 1942 | United States | 52.66 deg F | 50 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1942-1943 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1942-1943 | 18.17 | +3.04 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1941-1942 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1941-1942 | 11.18 | -3.95 | National Weather Service |
Database: Best Picture Academy Award Winners
| Record Name | Year | Oscars | Nominations |
| Mrs. Miniver | 1942 | 6 | 12 |
Database: Hart Memorial Trophy Winners for NHL Hockey
| Record Name | Year | Team | Sport | League | Player |
| Hart Memorial Trophy Winner (1942) | 1942 | Brooklyn Americans | Hockey | NHL | Tom Anderson |
Database: Time Magazine's Man of the Year
| Record Name | Year | Person of the Year |
| Joseph Stalin | 1942 | Joseph Stalin |
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