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February 16, 1942

On February 16, 1942, world War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established Michael Beloff, Robert Christgau, Jochen Rindt would arrive in the same year.

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1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.

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On February 16, 1942

  1. 1942 World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established

    Capital and largest city of Greece

    Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. 6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU).

  2. 1942 World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas.

    World War II battle in the Caribbean

    The attack on Aruba was an attack on oil installations and tankers by Axis submarines during World War II. On 16 February 1942, a German U-boat attacked the small Dutch island of Aruba. Other submarines patrolled the area for shipping and they sank or damaged tankers.

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Michael Beloff 1942– English lawyer and academic
Robert Christgau 1942– American journalist and critic
Jochen Rindt 1942– German-Austrian racing driver (died 1970)
Javier Solana 1942– Spanish physicist and politician, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs
John Ashcroft 1942– American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
David Gergen 1942– American political consultant (died 2025)

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