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• Hanna Toni Sengers, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1994)
• André Clement Antoine VAN DE PUTTE, Zottegem († 2020)
• Cornelia Jacoba Maria Smout, Welberg († 2007)
• Fons van Lier († 1976)
• Cornelis van Driel, Geervliet († 2022)
• Delma Teresa Momm, Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Antonia Johanna Margaretha Houtveen, Amersfoort (UT, NLD) († 1999)
• Johannes Bernardus Renker, Slagharen († 1995)
• Jan Blaauw, Anna Paulowna († 2010)
• Carla Augusta Tonia Reiche, Geldermalsen

• Apollonia Joanna Nederpel (75), Poeldijk, Nederland
• Antoon Jacobus Christiaan Hoep (42), Obdam
• Alberdina Kip (4), Coevorden
• Arie Verschoor (62), Dordrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrika (hennie) wilhelmina Roodenburg (20), Lemmer
• Aaltje Dikkers (77), Deventer
• Aplonia Johanna Nederpelt (75), Monster
• Annie S. (62), Belvidere, Pasquotank, North Carolina
• Bastiaan de Groot (82), Lexmond
• Aaltjen Dikkers (77), Deventer

• 1941 » Art Shamsky, American baseball player and manager
• 1941 » Eddie Keher, Irish sportsman (hurling)
• 1941 » Jerry Glanville, American football player and coach
• 1941 » Laurie Lawrence, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1941 » Roger Taylor, English tennis player
• 1942 » Bob Hiller, English rugby player
• 1942 » Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician († 1986)
• 1942 » Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright
• 1942 » Suzzanna, Indonesian actress († 2008)
• 1943 » Mohammad Khatami, Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran

• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
• 1959 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)

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.
• January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
• April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
• May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
• May 12 » World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
• July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.

The temperature on October 14, 1942 was between 2.5 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.