1942
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"Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home : 'Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.' That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday."--The Stranger (1942) by Albert Camus |
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1942 is the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
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Art and culture
Literature
- The Stranger by Albert Camus
Film
- Casablanca by Michael Curtiz
- The Magnificent Ambersons by Jack Moss, Robert Wise
Music
- "Holiday for Strings" by David Rose
Visual art
- Cinq Femmes by Francis Picabia
Births
- August 16 - Les Krims, United States photographer
- November 2 - Shere Hite, American-born German sexologist (d. 2020)
- Joe Bataan
- Michael Haneke
- Dan Graham
- Peter Greenaway
- Jimi Hendrix
- Martin Scorsese
- Marc Moulin
- Werner Herzog
- Derek Jarman
- Erica Jong
- Milton Nascimento
- Erika Blanc
- Joe Boyd
- Piero Gilardi
Deaths
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