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• Rita Schönfeld († 1947)
• Robert Murray van Horn, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska († 1960)
• N.N. Bouwman, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• Sherman McKinney, Rockcastle County, Kentucky († 1983)
• Antonia Petronella Adriana Jacoba SPRONG, schiedam († 2015)
• Elsje Dubbink, Hancate († 2023)
• Cornelia KRAAIJ,VAN DER, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Pieter Dubbelman, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 2001)
• Johanna Hendrika van Dongen, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Johannes Gerardus Gooij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Albert Martens (50), Assen
• Annegien Verweij (82), Borger
• Arnoldus Adams (47), Leende, Nederland
• Christophorus Lambertus Wubbolts (0), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Scholte (77), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Adams (47)
• Carolus Franciscus Bienemann (71), Zevenaar,Gemeente Zevenaar,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Brouwer (67), Aalsmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Paulissen (82), Oud-Vroenhoven, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Pietertje Kleine (55), Dalen

• 1940 » Constantine II of Greece
• 1941 » Ünal Aysal, Turkish businessman
• 1941 » Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1941 » Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
• 1941 » Stacy Keach, American actor
• 1942 » Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland
• 1943 » Charles Haid, American actor and director
• 1943 » Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal
• 1944 » Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor († 2012)
• 1944 » Robert Elliott, American actor († 2004)

• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1947 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
• 1948 » Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
• 1948 » Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
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. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
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.
• February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
• February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
• June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• August 26 » At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
• September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.

The temperature on June 2, 1942 was between 6.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.