* 1942 – Malta received the George Cross for its gallantry.

In late 1942 after several band members had left the group, and as World War II raged, Wills joined the Army, but received a medical discharge in 1943.

He held 42 patents and received numerous awards, including the first Institute of Radio Engineers now IEEE Medal of Honor, the French Legion of Honor, the 1941 Franklin Medal and the 1942 Edison Medal.

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director in 1942 for Sergeant York, but he received his only Oscar in 1975 as an Honorary Award from the Academy.

In 1942, the team of scientists Leonid Shvarts, Moisei Komissarchik and engineer Yakov Shor received the Stalin prize for the development of the BM-8-48.

He graduated with a BA in 1939, and received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1942.

Much earlier, in 1942, he had received the first honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of Melbourne University.

The most celebrated invention of frequency hopping was that of actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil, who in 1942 received for their " Secret Communications System ".

On August 1, 1942, Lieutenants Nemesio Aguirre, Fernández Bakaicoa and Juanna received a Basque-coded message from San Diego for Admiral Chester Nimitz warning him of the upcoming Operation Apple to remove the Japanese from the Solomon Islands.

During his time in Gannan, from 1940 he implemented a " public information desk " where ordinary people could visit him if they had problems, and according to records, Chiang Ching-kuo received a total of 1, 023 people during such sessions in 1942.

As one of MGM's major stars of the 1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver ( 1942 ).

Even though she had not made a picture in five years, Arthur accepted the part at the request of George Stevens with whom she had worked in two earlier films, The Talk of the Town ( 1942 ) and The More the Merrier ( 1943 ) for which she received her only Oscar nomination.

* United States Coast Guard Douglas Albert Munro ( October 11, 1919 – September 27, 1942 ) is the only member of the United States Coast Guard to have received the Medal of Honor, the U. S. military's highest decoration.

In 1942 one resistance leader claimed that the movement received support from four groups: The " lower middle " and " middle middle " classes, university professors and students, all of the working class, and a large majority of the peasants.

Sydnor pointed out that Hitler had received an SS report in November 1942 which contained a mention of 363, 211 Russian Jews executed by the Einsatzgruppen between August – November 1942.

* John J. McKeithen, governor of Louisiana ( 1964 – 1972 ); Louisiana Public Service Commissioner ( 1955 – 1964 ); state representative ( 1948 – 1952 ); U. S. Army combat officer ( 1942 – 1945 ) having received two Bronze Stars in the battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima

In recognition of its production record, the arsenal received the Army-Navy ‘ E ’ Award four times, the first on October 31, 1942.

He received his first star in December 1942, and became chief of staff of the Twelfth Air Force in North Africa under General James H. Doolittle.

The first inmate was received on April 27, 1942, and the last inmate departed on September 4, 1942.

* John J. McKeithen, governor of Louisiana ( 1964 – 1972 ); Louisiana Public Service Commissioner ( 1955 – 1964 ); state representative ( 1948 – 1952 ); U. S. Army combat officer ( 1942 – 1945 ) having received two Bronze Stars in the battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima

The Columbus flying school received its first aircraft, nine Beech AT-10s and twenty-one AT-8s in early 1942.

In 1942, it became the St Anne's Society, and received a university charter to be founded as a women-only college in 1952.

Spacey also appeared in Edison, co-starring Morgan Freeman and Justin Timberlake ; Edison received a direct-to-video release on July 18, 2006.

Thomas Edison received US patent 180, 857 for " Autographic Printing " on August 8, 1876.

On August 9, 1892, Edison received a patent for a two-way telegraph.

In 1908, Edison received the American Association of Engineering Societies John Fritz Medal.

Some sources have claimed that despite their scientific contributions, neither was given the award because of their animosity toward each other ; that each sought to minimize the other's achievements and right to win the award ; that both refused ever to accept the award if the other received it first ; and that both rejected any possibility of sharing it ( although Edison did receive one of 38 possible bids in 1915, and Tesla did receive one bid out of 38 in 1937 ).

On May 29, 1928, Edison received the Congressional Gold Medal.

Edison filed for a U. S. patent on the duplex telegraph on 1 September 1874 and received on 9 August 1892.

In December 1960, Lee completed his high school education and received his diploma from Edison Technical School ( now Seattle Central Community College, located on Capitol Hill, Seattle ).

In 1911, Westinghouse received the AIEE's Edison Medal " For meritorious achievement in connection with the development of the alternating current system.

The Government Affairs Vice President confirmed that the Metropolitan Edison Company, which operated the company, had shortly before received a warning from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) that Babcock and Wilcox reactor valves were vulnerable to failure under certain conditions.

In 1912 several things happened in Yorba Linda: it received its first post office ; the Yorba Linda Citrus Association was founded ; the Southern California Edison Company began providing electricity ; and the first church was constructed.

In 1975, he received IEEE's Edison Medal " For basic contributions to network theory and for important inventions in radar systems and electronic circuits " and the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1981 " For fundamental contributions to filtering and signal processing leading to chirp radar ".

On October 6, a U. S. copyright was issued for a " publication " received by the Library of Congress consisting of " Edison Kinetoscopic Records.

The recording also received several prestigious awards, including the Goldene Europa from Germany, the Edison Award from the Netherlands and the Rockbjörnen from Sweden.

Szeryng went on to win such major awards as six Grand prix du Disque awards, the Médaille d ' Argent of the city of Paris, two Edison Awards, and was also made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres in Paris in 1963, among many other honors received.

He received the University of Wisconsin – Madison College of Engineering Engineers Day Award in 1958, the Harry H. Goode Memorial Award in 1964, the John Price Wetherill Medal in 1964, and IEEE's Edison Medal ' For a meritorious career of pioneering contributions to the development and application of large-scale digital computers and important contributions to education in the digital computer field.

Hendrik Bouman has received many awards for his 25 recordings of which there are more than 45 re-editions, for DGG / Archiv, EMI, REM / Radio Canada, Baroque-Nouveau, notably: the Edison Prize ( Netherlands ), 3 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Artist of the Year by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie and the career Prize for Young Artists from the Federal State of North-Rhine Westphalia ( Germany ), Le Grand Prix National du Disque, 6 Diapason d ’ Or, Répertoire Recommandé, 9-Repertoire ; Diapason 5 ( France ), and the Early Music Award, Gramophone Award ( England ).

Kennelly received awards from many nations, including the IEE Institution Premium ( 1887 ), the Edward Longstreth Medal ( 1917 ) and the Howard N. Potts Medal ( 1918 ) of the Franklin Institute, the Cross of a Chevalier of the Légion d ' honneur of France and the AIEE Edison Medal ( 1933 ), now IEEE Edison Medal, " For meritorious achievements in electrical science, electrical engineering and the electrical arts as exemplified by his contributions to the theory of electrical transmission and to the development of international electrical standards.

On 12 June 2008 she received the Edison Classical Music Award during the Edison Classical Music Gala ( formerly: ' Grand Gala du Disque ') in the Ridderzaal in The Hague.

Kissin ’ s piano recordings have also received numerous awards and accolades, including the Edison Klassiek in The Netherlands and the Diapason d ’ Or and the Grand Prix of La Nouvelle Academie du Disque in France, as well as awards from music magazines throughout the world.