A decade and a half later, the Polish anthropology student, Bronisław Malinowski ( 1884 – 1942 ), was beginning what he expected to be a brief period of fieldwork in the old model, collecting lists of cultural items, when the outbreak of the First World War stranded him in New Guinea.

He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.

* 1942 – Barry Levinson, American producer and director

* 1942 – Carlos Reutemann, Argentine race car driver and politician

* 1942 – Jacob Zuma, African politician, President of South Africa

* 1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist ( Captain & Tennille )

* 1942 – Brian Peckford, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland

* 1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

* 1942 – George Jung, American convicted drug smuggler

* 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist ( d. 2012 )

* 1942 – Indian leader Mohanda Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.

* 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.

* 1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1942 – Jack DeJohnette, American drummer, pianist, and composer ( Gateway and Trio Beyond )

* 1942 – David Steinberg, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and author

* 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the " Development of Substitute Materials " project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

* 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate ( d. 1942 )

* 1942 – Isabel Allende, Chilean author

* 2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter ( b. 1942 )

* 1942 – André Gagnon, Canadian pianist and composer

* 1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage ) ( d. 1995 )

* 1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor

* 1942 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1872 )

In 1941 they were swept by the Boston Bruins, and in 1942 they lost a seven-game series to Toronto after winning the first three games.

* Joe Smith ( athlete ) American runner, 1942 Boston Marathon winner

* 1942 – World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.

He played his entire 22-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox ( 1939 – 1942 and 1946 – 1960 ).

* Most opponents ' fumbles recovered for touchdowns, season: 4 ; Detroit Lions, 1937 ; Chicago Bears, 1942 ; Boston ( AAFC ), 1948 ; Los Angeles Rams, 1952 ; San Francisco 49ers, 1965 ; Denver Broncos, 1984 ; St. Louis Cardinals, 1987 ; Minnesota Vikings, 1989 ; Atlanta Falcons, 1991 and 1998 ; Philadelphia Eagles, 1995 ; New Orleans Saints, 1998 ; Kansas City Chiefs, 1999.

The town is home to the New Boston Air Force Station, which started as an Army Air Corps bombing range in 1942.

* Alias Boston Blackie ( 1942 )

* Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood ( 1942 )

He attended The Brooks School, The Browne & Nichols School, Columbia University and Rollins College, having moved to Boston in 1942.

Lear went to high school in Hartford, Connecticut and subsequently attended Emerson College in Boston, but dropped out in 1942 to join the United States Army Air Forces.

The worst nightclub fire occurred on November 28, 1942, in Boston at the Cocoanut Grove, where 492 died after paper decorations caught fire.

During the 1990s, former Boston Fire Fighter and researcher Charles Kenney discovered and concluded that the presence of a highly flammable gas propellant in the refrigeration systems – methyl chloride – greatly contributed to the flashover and quick spread of the fire ( there was a shortage of Freon refrigerant in 1942 due to the war effort ).

In 1942, Lionel Hampton hired him to fill in for his regular vocalist, both for the Hampton orchestra's home performances at the Tic Toc Club in Boston and for their cross-country tours.

Ted Williams later matched this mark in the AL, winning in 1942 and 1947 with the Boston Red Sox.

LaRouche attended Northeastern University in Boston and left in 1942.

The children's picture book Make Way for Ducklings, published in 1941 and winner of the 1942 Caldecott Medal for its illustrations, is the story of a pair of Mallards who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden in Massachusetts.

On October 21, 2007, Boston College received its highest ranking since 1942, coming in at # 2 nationally in both the AP Poll and in the USA Today / Coaches ' Poll.

* Jim Hickey ( 1920-1997 ), pitcher for the Boston Braves in the 1942 and 1944 seasons.

* Alias Boston Blackie ( 1942 )

* Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood ( 1942 )

* Five mural-sized paintings Milestones on the Road to Freedom in Massachusetts ( 1942 ) House of Representatives, Massachusetts State House, Boston

* The Cocoanut Grove fire, a nightclub fire in Boston, Massachusetts, United States in 1942

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942.

His major league career began in 1942 with the Braves and he spent all but one year with that franchise, first in Boston and then in Milwaukee.