Rulers:
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945)
Births:
• Bianchi, Daniela (1942)
• Biden, Joe, 46th President of the United States (1942)
• Bohringer, Richard (1942)
• Bujold, Geneviève (1942)
• Carr, Charmian (1942-2016)
• Clémenti, Pierre (1942-1999)
• Dee, Sandra (1942-2005)
• Ekland, Britt (1942)
• Finch, Jon (1942-2012)
• Ford, Harrison (1942)
• Giannini, Giancarlo (1942)
• Greenaway, Peter (1942)
• Jarman, Derek (1942-1994)
• McShane, Ian (1942)
• Mimieux, Yvette (1942-2022)
• Powers, Stefanie (1942)
• Pszoniak, Wojciech (1942-2020)
• Renoir, Jacques (1942)
• Savelyeva, Lyudmila (1942)
• Scorsese, Martin (1942)
• Seth, Roshan (1942)
• Streisand, Barbra (1942)
• Thompson, Danièle (1942)
• York, Michael (1942)
Deaths:
• Hernández, Miguel (1910-1942)
• Lombard, Carole (1908-1942)
• Modotti, Tina (1896-1942)
• Roblès, Berthe (1862-1942)
Literature:
• Camus, Albert (1913-1960): L’Étranger (1942)
• Camus, Albert (1913-1960): Le Mythe de Sysiphe (1942)
Music:
• Steiner, Max (1888-1971): Casablanca (1942)
Art:
• Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): La Madone du village (1938-42)
• Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): L’automne au village (c.1939-45)
• Derain, André (1880-1954): Nature morte (1938-43)
• Ernst, Max (1891-1976): L’Europe après la pluie (1940-42)
• Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954): Autorretrato con chango y loro (1942)
• Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Cabeza de toro (1942)
• Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Femme en gris (1942)
Film:
• Casablanca (1942)