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1942 in various calendars
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1942 MCMXLII
Ab urbe condita
2695
Armenian calendar
1391 ԹՎ ՌՅՂԱ
Assyrian calendar
6692
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98–99
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1863–1864
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1349
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2892
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6 Geo. 6 – 7 Geo. 6
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2486
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1304
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7450–7451
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辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4639 or 4432 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4640 or 4433
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1658–1659
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3108
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1934–1935
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5702–5703
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- Vikram Samvat
1998–1999
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1863–1864
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5042–5043
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11942
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942–943
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1320–1321
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1360–1361
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Shōwa 17 (昭和17年)
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1872–1873
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31
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4275
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ROC 31 民國31年
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474
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2485
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阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 2068 or 1687 or 915 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 2069 or 1688 or 916
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1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
Calendar year
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each.[1]
^"Deaths in conflicts by source". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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the mainland at Perekop, from summer of 1941 through to the first half of 1942.[citation needed] From 26 September 1941 the German 11th Army and troops...