1942 in Romania
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Events from the year 1942 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Second World War.
Incumbents
Events
- 24 January – A record temperature of −38.5 °C (−37.3 °F) is recorded at Bod, Brașov.[3]
- 6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States.[4]
- 1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months.[5]
- 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus.[6]
- 2 November – Soldiers of the Vânători de munte under the command of general Ioan Dumitrache capture Nalchik, the farthest advance by the Axis powers into the Caucasus.[7]
- 19 November – The Romania Third and Fourth Armies come under attack by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad.[8]
- 1 December – The Soviet cruiser Snake Island, damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses.[9]
Births
- 5 January – Alexandru Ioan Lupaș, mathematician (died 2007).
- 9 March – Ion Caramitru, stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure (died 2021).[10]
- 25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name Ana Blandiana), poet.[11]
- 25 March – Basarab Nicolescu, theoretical physicist.
- 27 March – Olga Bucătaru, film and stage actress (died 2020).
- 2 April – Gabriela Adameșteanu, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.[12]
- 23 May – Gabriel Liiceanu, philosopher.
- 28 May – Păun Otiman, agronomist, politician, member of the Romanian Academy.[13]
- 22 September – Alexandru Moisuc, agricultural scientist.
- 4 November – Edward Luttwak, American military strategist and author.[14]
Deaths
- 21 March –
- 21 November – Alexandru Pastia, colonel, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born 1893).
- 24 November – Ioan Sion, major general, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born 1890).
- 16 December – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet murdered in the Holocaust (born 1924).[16]
References
- ISBN 978-9-73450-441-1.
- ISBN 978-0-20369-507-4.
- ^ Nica, Mihai (January 25, 2022). "Pe urmele frigului, la Bod, comuna din Brașov pusă pe harta Europei de părintele radioului modern" [In the wake of the cold, in Bod, the commune of Brașov put on the map of Europe by the father of modern radio]. romania.europalibera.org (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-34919-379-0.
- ISBN 978-1-47282-228-4.
- ISBN 978-1-47280-583-6.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-968-9.
- OCLC 857109471.
- ISBN 978-9-73995-447-1.
- ISBN 978-0-7190-4763-3.
- ISBN 978-0-88033-294-1.
- ISBN 978-9-73849-121-2.
- ^ "Păun-Ion Otiman. Parliamentary activity in legislature 2000-2004". www.cdep.ro. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ Stoica, Mihaela (May 1, 2016). "Românul care câștigă un milion de dolari pe an din sfaturile date liderilor lumii. I se spune Machiavelli și este unul dintre cei mai influenți oameni de pe planetă". www.descopera.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ISBN 978-6-15505-372-6.
- ISBN 978-8-86537-139-8.
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| Kingdom of Romania | Years of the Kingdom of Romania and the short-lived National Legionary State (1940–1941).
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| Socialist Romania | Years between the abdication of Romanian Revolution .
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| Romania | Years since the December 1989 Romanian Revolution .
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