June 21st, 1942
World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by the Japanese against the United States mainland. event on June 21, 1942. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around June 21, 1942
| June 23rd, 1942 | Event | World War II: The first selections for the gas chamber at Auschwitz take place on a train load of Jews from Paris. |
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