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• Anna Susanna Maria Boerkamp, Voorst († 1992)
• Ipe Toonstra, Veelerveen, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Johanna van Schuppen, Amersfoort († 2004)
• Adrianus Joannes van Geel, Nieuw Vossemeer († 1953)
• Jan Visch, Oldebroek, Gld, NL († 2020)
• Gradus Hendrikus Scholte († 2010)
• Ira William Rawn († 1947)
• Franciscus Adrianus Maria Haans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Elizabeth Nieuwenhuijze († 2017)
• Hendrik Masselink, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)

• Adrianus van Aggelen (86), Den Dungen
• Annie Comfort VARNER (86)
• Adriaantje Bos (57)
• Abraham Cohen (33), Szezedrzyk
• antje maria t HART (74), velsen
• Anna Catharina Goossens (82), Den Dungen
• Adelbert Doddridge (71)
• Anna Maria Casander (66), Tilburg
• Aagtje de Haan (83), Leens
• Abraham Jacob Da Costa (68)

• 1939 » Joan Brady, American-British author
• 1939 » Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea († 2016)
• 1940 » Gary Gilmore, American murderer († 1977)
• 1940 » Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
• 1941 » Marty Riessen, American tennis player and coach
• 1942 » Bob Mosley, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1944 » Anna McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer († 1983)
• 1944 » François Migault, French race car driver († 2012)

• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)

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. 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 20 » World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question".
• March 3 » World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
• March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
• April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
• May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
• July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.

The temperature on December 4, 1942 was between -4.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.