1942

Events that occurred in the year 1942 CE. 
== Events ==
=== January ===
* January 5th: Peggy Carter emerges from the sewers of New York City after having spent an entire week within them, managing to learn about their layout and operation.
=== March ===
* March 3rd: In Tønsberg, Norway, Johann Schmidt discovers the Tesseract hidden within an ancient church, and claims it. He refers to it as "the jewel of Odin's treasure room".
=== May ===
* May 22nd: Mexico declares war on the Axis powers.
=== June ===
* June 5th: President Franklin D. Roosevelt warns Japan that if they used chemical weapons, the United States would respond in kind.
* June 6th: Japan captures the Alaskan island of Kiska.
* June 7th: Japan captures the Alaskan island of Attu.
* June 10th: The SS burns down the Czech village of Lidice in response to the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
* June 12th: Nazi saboteurs landed in Amagansett, New York, eventually leading the United States Coast Guard and FBI to investigate and arrest the Nazi spies.
* June 16th: Nazi saboteurs land in Ponte Vedra, Florida. They are quickly caught by the FBI.
* June 19th: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conduct a series of meetings, and eventually agree to proceed with Operation "Gymnast" on June 24th. 
* June 20th: Fort Lenin surrenders to the Wehrmacht during the Siege of Sevastopol.
=== July ===
* July 27th: The First Battle of El Alamein ends in a stalemate as the British halted the Axis advance.
=== August ===
* August 8th: United States Marines secure the airfield at Lunga Point during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
* August 22nd: Brazil declares war on the Axis powers.
* August 26th: HYDRA General Werner Reinhardt is sent to search for other mysterious artifacts. 
* August 31st: Werner Reinhardt's team is able to discover the corpse of a blue-skinned extraterrestrial in the deserts of North Africa.
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