Year of record

1942

13 verified events recorded in 1942.

13 events From Jan 1, 1942 To Dec 21, 1942 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
1942-12-21Anaconda Wire and Cable Indicted for $6 Million Fraud Selling Defective Equipment
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company · Department of Justice · Truman Committee · Francis Biddle
confirmed
1942-10-20Alien Property Custodian Seizes Bush-Thyssen Nazi Banking Assets
Office of Alien Property Custodian · Prescott Bush · Union Banking Corporation · Fritz Thyssen · +2
confirmed
1942-09-01Committee for Economic Development Founded as Business-Government Policy Coordination Body
Committee for Economic Development · Paul G. Hoffman · William Benton · Marion B. Folsom · +2
confirmed
1942-08-04Bracero Program Begins 22-Year Guest Worker Exploitation System
U.S. Department of Labor · Mexican Government · Agricultural employers · Railroad companies
confirmed
1942-07-02FDR Proclamation 2561 Creates Military Tribunal for Nazi Saboteurs; Ex parte Quirin Becomes Cited Precedent for Post-9/11 Detention
Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Supreme Court · Harlan F. Stone · Francis Biddle · +2
confirmed
1942-06-13Office of Strategic Services Created, Wall Street Lawyers Build Intelligence Apparatus
William Donovan · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Allen Dulles · Office of Strategic Services · +2
confirmed
1942-04-28Renegotiation Act Enables Limited War Profit Recovery After Corporate Resistance
U.S. Congress · U.S. War Department · Navy Department · Defense contractors · +1
confirmed
1942-03-26Standard Oil-IG Farben Cartel Exposed, Senator Truman Calls It Treason
Standard Oil of New Jersey · IG Farben · Harry Truman · Thurman Arnold · +2
confirmed
1942-02-19Executive Order 9066 as Executive-Power Template: FDR's Internment Authority Predicate for 2001 Detention Architecture
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Henry Stimson · John McCloy · Francis Biddle · +1
confirmed
1942-02-19Executive Order 9066 Authorizes Japanese American Internment
Franklin D. Roosevelt · War Relocation Authority · U.S. Army Western Defense Command · John L. DeWitt · +2
confirmed
1942-01-16War Production Board Establishes Corporate-Government Fusion Model
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Donald Nelson · War Production Board · Defense contractors · +1
confirmed
1942-01-12National War Labor Board Established, No-Strike Pledge Constrains Unions
Franklin D. Roosevelt · National War Labor Board · AFL · CIO · +2
confirmed
1942-01-01Bracero Program Wage Theft - Wells Fargo Transfers $32 Million That Disappears in Mexico
Wells Fargo Bank · Bank of Mexico · Banco de Credito Agricola · Mexican Government · +1
confirmed