Year of record

1942

13 verified events recorded in 1942.

13 events From Jan 1, 1942 To Dec 21, 1942 Open in filter view →

Date	Event	Status
1942-12-21	Anaconda Wire and Cable Indicted for $6 Million Fraud Selling Defective Equipment 3 src Department of Justice · Truman Committee · Francis Biddle	confirmed
1942-10-20	Alien Property Custodian Seizes Bush-Thyssen Nazi Banking Assets 3 src U.S. Treasury Department	confirmed
1942-09-01	Committee for Economic Development Founded as Business-Government Policy Coordination Body 3 src	confirmed
1942-08-04	Bracero Program Begins 22-Year Guest Worker Exploitation System 3 src U.S. Department of Labor · Mexican Government · Railroad companies	confirmed
1942-07-02	FDR Proclamation 2561 Creates Military Tribunal for Nazi Saboteurs; Ex parte Quirin Becomes Cited Precedent for Post-9/11 Detention 3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Supreme Court · Francis Biddle · J. Edgar Hoover	confirmed
1942-06-13	Office of Strategic Services Created, Wall Street Lawyers Build Intelligence Apparatus 3 src William Donovan · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Allen Dulles · Wall Street	confirmed
1942-04-28	Renegotiation Act Enables Limited War Profit Recovery After Corporate Resistance 3 src U.S. Congress · U.S. War Department · Defense contractors · Truman Committee	confirmed
1942-03-26	Standard Oil-IG Farben Cartel Exposed, Senator Truman Calls It Treason 3 src Harry Truman · Department of Justice	confirmed
1942-02-19	Executive Order 9066 as Executive-Power Template: FDR's Internment Authority Predicate for 2001 Detention Architecture 3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Francis Biddle · Earl Warren	confirmed
1942-02-19	Executive Order 9066 Authorizes Japanese American Internment 3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. War Department	confirmed
1942-01-16	War Production Board Establishes Corporate-Government Fusion Model 4 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · War Production Board · Defense contractors	confirmed
1942-01-12	National War Labor Board Established, No-Strike Pledge Constrains Unions 3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · AFL · CIO · War Production Board	confirmed
1942-01-01	Bracero Program Wage Theft - Wells Fargo Transfers $32 Million That Disappears in Mexico 3 src Mexican Government	confirmed