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• N.N. van den Broek, Baarle-Nassau († 1942)
• Mina Lou WAGNER, Nappanee († 1998)
• Patricia Evelyn Harris, London († 1985)
• Jantje SCHONEWILLE († 2004)
• Linda Dawn Warren, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania († 2009)
• Geessien Henderika Jager, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Laurence John Gottesburen, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Hendrik Jan Willering († 2002)
• Alexander Geert (Sander) Bijleveld, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• Infant Wilson († 1942)

• Abraham Samuel Heiman van den Berg (9), Auschwitz
• Abraham van der Wijk (75), Auschwitz (Polen)
• Abraham Marcus Turksma (59), Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Polen
• Adèle Nabarro (12), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Adela van ZUIDEN (50), Auschwitz Concentratiekamp, Poland
• Abraham Muller (64), Auschwitz
• Abraham de Leeuw (54), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Abraham van de Kar (57), Auschwitz, Poland
• Abraham Kar van de (57), Concentratiekamp Auschwitz, Polen
• Abraham VAN DER WIJK (75), Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland

• 1937 » Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver († 1969)
• 1937 » Robert Mangold, American painter
• 1941 » Michael Mansfield, English lawyer, academic, and republican
• 1942 » Melvin Franklin, American soul bass singer († 1995)
• 1943 » Kostas Tsakonas, Greek actor († 2015)
• 1944 » Angela Rippon, English journalist and author
• 1945 » Aurore Clément, French actress
• 1946 » Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer († 2008)
• 1946 » Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer
• 1946 » Drew Edmondson, American politician

• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
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. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
16. Helena

• 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 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
• May 9 » Holocaust: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.
• July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
• July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
• August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
• August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.

The temperature on October 12, 1942 was between 6.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.