July 23, 1942

1942Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian journalist and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane^[†]

Sallyanne Atkinson AO is an Australian former politician who served as Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of the Museum of Brisbane, President of the Council of The Women's College at the University of Queensland and chair of the advisory board of the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland.

1942Madeline Bell, American singer-songwriter^[†]

Madeline Bell is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s with pop group Blue Mink, having arrived from the United States in the gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with the vocal group Bradford Singers.

1942Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (died 2013)^[†]

Richard E. "Dick" Dauch was an American businessman, and co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of American Axle and Manufacturing. Previously, Dauch served as a manufacturing manager at Chevrolet, Chrysler and at Volkswagen's Westmoreland Assembly Plant.

1942Dimitris Liantinis, Greek philosopher and author (died 1998)^[†]

Dimitris Liantinis was a Greek philosopher. He was associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Athens, teaching the course "Philosophy of Education and Teaching of Greek Language and Literature". He has written nine books. His last and most seminal work, Gemma (Γκέμμα) has been translated into several languages.

1942Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (born 1880)^[†]

Adam Czerniaków was a Polish engineer and senator who was head of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Council (Judenrat) during World War II. He committed suicide on 23 July 1942 by swallowing a cyanide pill, a day after the commencement of mass extermination of Jews known as the Grossaktion Warsaw.

1942Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (born 1886)^[†]

Andrew Ducat was an English cricketer and footballer. He played internationally for both the England cricket team and England football team, one of a small group of players to have represented their country in both sports. Domestically he played for Surrey County Cricket Club and for Woolwich Arsenal, Aston Villa, and Fulham football clubs. He died while batting at Lord's.

1942World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin on the Eastern Front.^[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

1942Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.^[†]

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi) and is the tenth largest within the European Union and the sixteenth-largest country in Europe by area. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities include Burgas, Plovdiv, and Varna.