November 11, 1942

1942Jonathan Fenby, English journalist and businessman^[†]

Jonathan Fenby CBE is a British writer, analyst, historian and journalist who edited major newspapers in Britain and Asia.

1942Roy Fredericks, Guyanese-American cricketer and politician (died 2000)^[†]

Roy Clifton Fredericks was a West Indian cricketer who played Test cricket from 1968 to 1977. He was a member of the squad which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup.

1942K. Connie Kang, Korean American journalist and author (died 2019)^[†]

K. Connie Kang was a Korean American journalist and author. Born in what would become North Korea, Connie and her Christian family fled first to South Korea and then to Japan to escape religious persecution in the 1940s and 50s. They later immigrated to the United States and settled in San Francisco. Connie studied journalism at the University of Missouri and Northwestern University and began her formal journalism career in 1964, credited as being the first female Korean American reporter.

1942Diane Wolkstein, American author and radio host (died 2013)^[†]

Diane Wolkstein was a folklorist and author of children's books. She was New York City's official storyteller from 1967 to 1971.

1942World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.^[†]

The zone libre was a partition of the French metropolitan territory during World War II, established at the Second Armistice at Compiègne on 22 June 1940. It lay to the south of the demarcation line and was administered by the French government of Philippe Pétain based in Vichy, in a relatively unrestricted fashion. To the north lay the zone occupée, in which the powers of Vichy France were severely limited.

1942The Turkish parliament passes the Varlık Vergisi, a capital tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens with the unofficial aim to inflict financial ruin on them and end their prominence in the country's economy.^[†]

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, usually referred to simply as the GNAT or TBMM, also referred to as Parlamento, lit. 'Parliament' in Turkish, is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution. It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 amid the National Campaign. This constitution had founded its pre-government known as 1st Executive Ministers of Turkey in May 1920. The parliament was fundamental in the efforts of Mareşal Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of the Republic of Turkey, and his colleagues to found a new government out of the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.