Louis Armstrong
Second Marriage
Louis then married Lucille Wilson on October 1942, a singer at the Cotton Club, to whom he was married until his death in 1971.
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- Martin Bormann
Bormann Signed The Decree of 9 October 1942
Bormann signed the decree of 9 October 1942 prescribing that the permanent Final Solution in Greater Germany could no longer be solved by emigration, but only by the use of "ruthless force in the special camps of the East", that is, extermination in Nazi death camps.
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Philip became the first lieutenant of HMS Wallace
In October of the same year, Philip became the first lieutenant of HMS Wallace, at 21 years old one of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy.
- The Holocaust
Odessa massacre
The Romanian military killed up to 25,000 Jews during the Odessa massacre between 18 October 1941 and March 1942, assisted by gendarmes and the police.
- Adolf Hitler
Second battle of El Alamein
In late 1942, German forces were defeated in the second battle of El Alamein, thwarting Hitler's plans to seize the Suez Canal and the Middle East.
- World War II
Second Battle of El Alamein
The Allies commenced an attack of their own in Egypt, dislodging the Axis forces and beginning a drive west across Libya. The Second Battle of El Alamein took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein, the battle lasted from 23 October to 11 November 1942.
- Louis Armstrong
Second Marriage
Louis then married Lucille Wilson on October 1942, a singer at the Cotton Club, to whom he was married until his death in 1971.
- Martin Bormann
Bormann Signed The Decree of 9 October 1942
Bormann signed the decree of 9 October 1942 prescribing that the permanent Final Solution in Greater Germany could no longer be solved by emigration, but only by the use of "ruthless force in the special camps of the East", that is, extermination in Nazi death camps.
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Philip became the first lieutenant of HMS Wallace
In October of the same year, Philip became the first lieutenant of HMS Wallace, at 21 years old one of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy.
- The Holocaust
Odessa massacre
The Romanian military killed up to 25,000 Jews during the Odessa massacre between 18 October 1941 and March 1942, assisted by gendarmes and the police.
- Adolf Hitler
Second battle of El Alamein
In late 1942, German forces were defeated in the second battle of El Alamein, thwarting Hitler's plans to seize the Suez Canal and the Middle East.
- World War II
Second Battle of El Alamein
The Allies commenced an attack of their own in Egypt, dislodging the Axis forces and beginning a drive west across Libya. The Second Battle of El Alamein took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein, the battle lasted from 23 October to 11 November 1942.