Born in 1942

A selection from Wikipedia's '1942 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

• February 2 – WWII: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Italian, German, and Japanese Americans and orders the seizure of their properties.
• March 27 – Capitol Records, the first record label on the United States' West Coast of note, is founded by Jonny Mercer, Buddy DeSylvia, and Glenn E. Wallichis.
• June 4–7 – WWII: Battle of Midway – The United States Navy defeats an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll.
• June 13 – Office of Strategic Services (OSS) is created.
• August 13 – Walt Disney's fifth feature film, Bambi, is released.
• September 21 – Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber prototype first flies, from Boeing Field, Seattle.
• November 13 – Battle of Guadalcanal: Aviators from the USS Enterprise sink the Japanese battleship Hiei.
• November 26 – The movie Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.

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