About the day » Wednesday October 28, 1942Calender converter

• Jansje Jacoba Eggert, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Hermanus Petrus Maria de Laat, Vlijmen († 2000)
• Hendrica Maria Dekker, Limmen († 2002)
• Franciscus A.W. van Bree, Gilze en Rijen († 1965)
• David Eugene Sipe, Sundance, Crook, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Albert Henry Augustus Meijer, Indonesië († 1975)
• Albert Visser, Schiermonnikoog († 1943)
• Franz ROUCOURT († 1991)
• Alfred Monas, 's-Gravenhage, NL († 1943)
• Francina Maria Buitelaar, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Anthony M Tomasello (46), Rush, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Crama (70), Leiden
• Antje Engelina Bergsma (29), Groningen
• Andrew Bonderud (79), Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
• Anna Maria Veldt (1914)
• Alice Reid (82), Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
• Aafje Willems de Boer (70), Urk
• Anna Maria SLIKKERVEER (64), Rotterdam,,PAYS BAS
• Abraham Crama (70), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Susanna de Vink (68), Leiden

• 1940 » Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
• 1941 » Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist
• 1941 » Ian Marter, English actor and writer († 1986)
• 1942 » Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer († 2012)
• 1942 » Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic
• 1942 » Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
• 1942 » Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor
• 1943 » Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
• 1943 » Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
• 1944 » Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host († 2014)

• 1929 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
• 1963 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)

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. 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 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
• May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
• May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
• July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
• 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.

The temperature on October 28, 1942 was between 6.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.