This ship was originally named the USS Kearsarge, but was renamed in honor of the previous Hornet CV-8 ( famous for the Doolittle raid ), which was lost in October 1942.

* Second Battle of El Alamein – 23 October – 4 November 1942

From 16 June 1940-1942 the colonial administration remained loyal to Vichy France ( from 1942, under Free French ), but 25 September 1942-13 October 1946 they were, like Madagascar, under British occupation.

The final Italian cavalry action occurred on October 17, 1942 in Pola ( Croatia ) by a squadron of " Alexandria Cavalry Regiment " against a large group of Yugoslav partisans.

This 64-page story was adapted by Donald Duck comic strip writer Bob Karp from an unproduced feature, and published in October 1942 in Four Color Comics # 9.

October 1942.

In October 1940 – February 1942, the NKVD under Beria carried out a new purge of the Red Army and related industries.

The President had this power under Executive Order 9260 of October 29, 1942 paragraph 3b.

Executive Order 9260, dated October 29, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, established the rules for the Legion of Merit and required the President's approval for the award.

* 1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.

* 1942 – The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.

* 1942 – World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.

Named in honor of Samuel Bell Maxey, it was activated on 15 July 1942 and deactivated 1 October 1945.

Drilling of the first oil well began at Jebel Dukhan in October 1938 and, over a year later, the well struck oil in the Upper Jurassic limestone which, unlike the Bahraimi strike, was similar to Saudi Arabia ’ s Dammam field discovered three years before .< ref >" The Qatar Oil Discoveries " by Rasoul Sorkhabi < http :// www. geoexpro. com / history / qatardiscoveries ></ ref > Production was halted between 1942 and 1947 because of World War II and its aftermath.

Heydrich's replacements were Ernst Kaltenbrunner as the chief of RSHA, and Karl Hermann Frank ( 27 – 28 May 1942 ) and Kurt Daluege ( 28 May 1942 – 14 October 1943 ) as the new acting Reichsprotektors.

The first steps of putting a man-made object into space were taken by German scientists during World War II while testing the V-2 rocket, which became the first human-made object in space on 3 October 1942 with the launching of V-4.

*, launched the Doolittle Raid in 1942, fought at the Battle of Midway, and was sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942

Shortly after the birth of their only child, Tania, Etienne died from chest wounds at the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942.

By 9 February 1942, Peenemünde engineer de Beek had documented the radio interference area of a V-2 as 10, 000 meters around the “ Firing Point ”, and the first successful A-4 flight on 3 October 1943, used radio control for Brennschluss.

The first successful test flight was on 3 October 1942:

* October 6 – Carole Lombard, American actress ( d. 1942 )

Between April 1942 and October 1943, at least 160, 000 people are killed in the camp.

Between July 23, 1942 and October 1943, around 850, 000 people are killed there, more than 800, 000 of whom are Jews.

Herbert Clark Hoover ( August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964 ) was the 31st President of the United States ( 1929 – 1933 ).

* October 1 – Buddy Clark, American singer ( b. 1911 )

* October 25 – Wendel Clark, Canadian hockey player

* October 1 – Robert Clark, American politician ( b. 1777 )

* October 25 – John C. Clark, American politician ( b. 1793 )

This was followed by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in October, 1805.

Pierpont, Clark, and Makley arrived in Lima on October 12, where they impersonated Indiana State Police officers, claiming they had come to extradite Dillinger to Indiana.

Significant windstorms in Clark County include the Columbus Day windstorm of October 12, 1962, and an April 6, 1972 tornado which rated F3 on the Fujita scale, striking a local school.

The first western explorers to visit the river were Lewis and Clark on or about October 17, 1805.

Major General Mark W. Clark — one of Eisenhower's senior commanders — was dispatched to Cherchell in Algeria aboard the British submarine — passing itself off as an American submarine — and met with these Vichy French officers on 21 October 1942.

In October 1983, McFarlane replaced Clark as National Security Adviser, with Admiral John Poindexter as his deputy.

Clark McAdams Clifford ( December 25, 1906 – October 10, 1998 ) was an American lawyer who served United States Presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, serving as United States Secretary of Defense for Johnson.

* Dick Clark booked Alabama on American Bandstand during the show's country week, on October 4, 1980.

On October 10, 1844, Colfax married childhood friend Evelyn Clark.

This council was established on October 1, 2008 and serves girls in Clark and Skamania Counties.

The Verde Valley Theatre performs community theatre in Clark Memorial Clubhouse, and free concerts are offered in the nearly two-acre Clarkdale Park from May through October.

Nearby is the historical " Canoe Camp ," where the Lewis and Clark expedition built five new dugout canoes and embarked on October 7, 1805, downstream to the Pacific Ocean.

Established on October 25, 1887, the founder of the church was Charles W. Clark.

Lewis and Clark camped near Mill Creek on October 25 – 27, 1805, and recorded the Native American name for the creek as Quenett.

On October 16, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped in the Pasco area, at a site now commemorated by Sacagawea State Park.

In his journal for 22 October 1805, Clark recorded:

He was briefly replaced by Rod Clark ( born Rodney Clark, 23 November 1942, Surlingham, near Norwich, Norfolk ), but in October, Clark departed the group, which split for a month.

In August and October 1941, the War department allocated US $ 9, 273, 000 to construct and improve airfields, most of which was spent constructing a concrete runway at Nichols Field ( the only hard-surfaced runway in the Philippines ), and adding and extending graded strips at Clark Field, with the rest going to the auxiliary fields.