May 6th, 1942

World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese. event on May 06, 1942.

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Events around May 06, 1942

May 8th, 1942EventWorld War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.

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