| |
| 1942, Jan. 15 |
| |
| Representatives of the American republics met for an Inter-American conference at Rio de Janeiro. It was convoked to concert measures for defending the Western Hemisphere against aggression. | 1 |
| |
| Jan. 21 |
| |
| The representatives of 21 American republics, assembled at Rio de Janeiro, adopted unanimously a resolution calling for severance of relations with the Axis powers. | 2 |
| |
| March |
| |
| An inter-American defense board was established to promote working cooperation among the American states in defense of the Western Hemisphere. | 3 |
| |
| June 28 |
| |
| Eight German agents who had landed from a submarine on the shore of Long Island were captured by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | 4 |
| |
| Sept |
| |
| Ecuador granted the U.S. naval bases in the Galapagos Islands and the Santa Elena Peninsula. | 5 |
| |
| |
