About the day » Thursday April 16, 1942Calender converter

• Klaas van Schaik, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Klaas van Schaik († 1942)
• Arie de Haas, Katwijk († 2004)
• Helena Johanna Maria (Leny) Pont, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Jacobus Andreas Joseph Lieverse, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Veldman, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1997)
• PIJPERS, Bussum
• Jacob Hendrik (Jaap) Oudbier, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2014)
• Harmen Groothedde, Terwolde (gem.Voorst) († 2000)
• Julia Louise Elisabeth van Coeverden, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)

• Alexandra Louise OLga van SAKSEN-COBURG en GOTHA (63)
• Albert Oldenhof (74), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alexandra Louise Olga of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (63), Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Alexandra de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (63)
• Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria Princess Of England (63), Hall, Schwhabisch, Jagstkreis, Wurttemberg, Germany
• ALEXANDRA Luise Olga Viktoria von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (63), Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
• * Petronella Poot (102), Schiedam
• Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha (63), Schwäbisch Hall (DE)
• Alexandra van SAKSEN-COBURG EN GOTHA (63), Schwabisch Hall, Baden-W√ºrttemberg
• Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria von SACHSEN (63)

• 1940 » Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1940 » David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
• 1940 » Joan Snyder, American painter
• 1940 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
• 1941 » Allan Segal, American director and producer († 2012)
• 1942 » Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher
• 1942 » Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team
• 1943 » Lonesome Dave Peverett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)
• 1943 » John Watkins, Australian cricketer
• 1943 » Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman

• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Robert
12. Adrianus
13. Jacob
14. Gerardus
15. Johan
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
16. Annie

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• January 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
• March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
• August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
• September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.

The temperature on April 16, 1942 was between 0.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.