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 )

* June 13 – Lady Lucy Duff Gordon, English fashion designer ( d. 1942 )

** Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author ( d. 1942 )

Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons ( born c. 1853 – March 7, 1942 ) was an American labor organizer and radical socialist and anarchist communist.

* Lucy Maud Montgomery-writer of the Anne of Green Gables series of books, lived in a home at 210 Riverside Drive from 1935 to 1942.

During the autumn of 1942, " Lucy " provided the Soviets with detailed information about Case Blue, the German operations against Stalingrad and the Caucasus ; during this period decisions taken in Berlin were arriving in Moscow on average within a ten-hour period ; on one occasion in just six hours, not much longer than it took to reach German front line units.

The character of Lucy Pevensie was inspired by June Flewett, a devout Catholic London girl evacuated by her convent to The Kilns, Lewis ' country home in 1942.

* Lucy Maud Montgomery ( 1874 – 1942 ), Canadian author

Lucy Parsons ( 1853-March 7, 1942 ), the widow of Albert Parsons, was a radical American labor organizer, anarchist communist, and is remembered as a powerful orator.

He had roles in The Magnificent Ambersons ( 1942 ), On The Waterfront ( 1954 ), Lucy Gallant ( 1955 ), Cowboy ( 1958 ), a repeat role in The Absent-Minded Professor ( 1961 ) and Son of Flubber ( 1963 ), Birdman of Alcatraz ( 1962 ), Man's Favorite Sport ( 1964 ), The Sons of Katie Elder ( 1965 ), Hang ' Em High ( 1968 ) and True Grit ( 1969 ).

He was the son of Colonel Stuart Low, who died in action in 1942, and Lucy Atkin, daughter of the Lord Atkin.

* Harriet Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman ( b 1942 ) ( née Victoria Harriet Lucy Turton ), editor and author, founder of the Bridgeman Art Library

Mary Anne Pinhey ( 1863 – 1864 ), Harold Kirkes Pinhey ( 1865 – 1942 ), Charles Herbert Pinhey ( 1867 – 1955 ), Catherine Lucy Pinhey ( 1868 – 1954 ), Anna Hilda Pinhey ( 1870 – 1962 )

* November 30-Lucy Maud Montgomery, novelist ( died 1942 )

Although Princess Maud did not normally carry out royal engagements, she served as a Counsellor of State between 1942 and 1945.

* November 30-Lucy Maud Montgomery, author ( d. 1942 )

The organization was mentioned as an influence on the black nationalist organizations which were convicted of sedition in 1942, most notably Mittie Maud Lena Gordon's Peace Movement for Ethiopia.

Since the passage of the Regency Act 1937, the only person to have been a Counsellor of State while not a queen consort, prince or princess was The Earl of Harewood ( although Princess Maud of Fife, who served as a Counsellor of State between 1942 and 1945, styled herself simply Lady Southesk ); prior to that the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury had been appointed to the position by George V.

* 1942: Coastal fortifications are constructed on Maud Island to protect Cook Strait, and the entrance to the sound.

In Arkansas, the Girls State program began in 1942 under the leadership of Maud Crawford, the first woman to practice law in Camden, Arkansas.

* It is sung by Maud Chapman ( played by Hilda Bayley ) in the 1942 film, Went the Day Well ?.