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.

* October 1 < ref > David, Donald, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Nobles Books, 1997, ISBN 0-7607-0592-5, p .</ s > 107 .</ ref > or 2 – Bell XP-59A, prototype of the Bell P-59 Airacomet

The first royalty whom Mama ever waited on in the White House was Queen Marie of Rumania, who came to a State dinner given in her honor on October 21, 1926.

Adrian Quiney wrote to his son Richard on October 29 and again perhaps the next day, since the bearer of the letter, the bailiff, was expected to reach London on November 1.

The fourth name was ( John ) Milton of Christ's College, followed by ( Richard ) Manningham of Peterhouse, who matriculated 16 October 1624.

February's volume was 1 per cent above January's for the first pickup since last October, although it's still 1.5 per cent off from February 1960.

In connection with this conference, a 64-page supplement was published in the October 2nd edition of The Providence Sunday Journal.

Beginning with the October 1959 issue of the Journal, the method of production of copy for photo-offset reproduction was changed from varityping to hot typesetting.

On October 31, 1859, John Brown was found guilty of treason against the state of Virginia, inciting slave rebellion, and murder.

The grant, which stretched southward to Lake Traverse -- the headwaters of the Red -- was made in May, 1811, and by October of that year a small group of Scots was settling for the winter at York Factory on Hudson Bay.

After heavy rains and an onslaught of mice, snow fell on October 15, 1825, and remained on the ground through a winter so cold that the ice on the Red was five feet thick.

It was a cold, windy day, the day after Kitti's death, but Stanley Gilborn paid no attention to the blustery October wind.

One month ago, on the 20th of October, was the opening of the gunning season in Massachusetts.

In October 1944, he was appointed state warden and chief of the Forest Fire Section.

Huff, who received a salary of $109 a week from the loan association from October of 1955 until September of this year, said that his private practice was not lucrative.

Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( äl ' fred bern ' härd nōbel ') () ( 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896 ) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer.

Alfons Maria Jakob ( 2 July 1884, Aschaffenburg / Bavaria – 17 October 1931, Hamburg ) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

The year-to-date growth as of October 2010 was 2. 8 percent.

Alexander Mackenzie, PC ( January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892 ), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.

* The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was signed October 4, 1991 and entered into force January 14, 1998 ; this agreement prevents development and provides for the protection of the Antarctic environment through five specific annexes on marine pollution, fauna and flora, environmental impact assessments, waste management, and protected areas.

The " Theater am Bahnhof " ( Theatre at the Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008.

The initial funds were released in September, and the 11-tube prototype was first demonstrated in October, 1939.

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota released its judgement on October 19, 1973, finding in Honeywell v. Sperry Rand that the ENIAC patent was a derivative of John Atanasoff's invention.

The case was legally resolved on October 19, 1973 when U. S. District Judge Earl R. Larson held the ENIAC patent invalid, ruling that the ENIAC derived many basic ideas from the Atanasoff – Berry Computer.