Events from the year 1942 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Second World War.
Incumbents King: Michael I. Prime Minister: Ion Antonescu.
Events 24 January – A record temperature of is recorded at Bod, Brașov. 6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States. 1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months. 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus. 2 November – Soldiers of the Vânători de munte under the command of general Ioan Dumitrache capture Nalchik, the farthest advance by the Axis powers into the Caucasus. 19 November – The Romania Third and Fourth Armies come under attack by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. 1 December – The Soviet cruiser and destroyer shell Snake Island, damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses.
Births 5 January – Alexandru Ioan Lupaș, mathematician (died 2007). 9 March – Ion Caramitru, stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure (died 2021). 25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name Ana Blandiana), poet. 25 March – Basarab Nicolescu, theoretical physicist. 27 March – Olga Bucătaru, film and stage actress (died 2020). 2 April – Gabriela Adameșteanu, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator. 23 May – Gabriel Liiceanu, philosopher. 28 May – Păun Otiman, agronomist, politician, member of the Romanian Academy. 22 September – Alexandru Moisuc, agricultural scientist. 4 November – Edward Luttwak, American military strategist and author.
Deaths 21 March – Olha Kobylianska, modernist writer and feminist (born 1863). 21 November – Alexandru Pastia, colonel, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born 1893). 24 November – Ioan Sion, major general, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born 1890). 16 December – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet murdered in the Holocaust (born 1924).
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