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August 26, 1942

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Headlines from August 26, 1942

FLEET IS CRIPPLED; Strong Japanese Force Endeavors to Retake Solomons Bases BOMBED WITH ARMY HELP 21 Enemy Planes Shot Down and Cruiser and Transport Hit in Related Actions SEA-AIR BATTLE ON IN SOLOMON ISLES

By C. Brooks Petersspecial To the New York Times

US forces battle Jap fleet sent to retake bases held by US marines; Jap carrier Ryuzyo, larger carrier, several cruisers and battleship hit; Jap planes attack US forces, Guadalcanal; 21 planes downed; Jap destroyers shell shore positions: US planes bomb Jap transport and cruiser north of Guadalcanal; map

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Notable Births

Dennis Turner

1942Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (died 2014)[†]

Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East from 1987 to 2005.

1942Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player (died 2018)[†]

Chow Kwai Lam was a Malaysian football player and coach.

Historical Events

The Holocaust in Ukraine

1942The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.[†]

The Holocaust saw the systematic mass murder of Jews in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine, the General Government, the Crimean General Government and some areas which were located to the east of Reichskommissariat Ukraine, in the Transnistria Governorate and Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region and Carpathian Ruthenia during World War II. The listed areas are currently parts of Ukraine.