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• Lodewijk Ferdinand Jozef Adams, Merksplas (België) († 1946)
• Godelieve Wilhelmina Mathea Maria Konings, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1942)
• Frederik Cornelis (Frits) van de Reep, Egmond Binnen († 2011)
• Levi Izaaks, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Leonardus Stassen, Maastricht († 2001)
• Ariën Douma, Andijk († 1942)
• Bruno Lothar Pomi, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland († 1995)
• Clara Johanna Overdijk († 1943)
• Barendina Elisabeth (Diny) Noest, Alphen aan den Rijn, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2023)
• Geertje Jacobs RIEMERSMA, Warfstermolen Netherlands († 2000)

• Albertje Moos (78), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Saurma von der Jeltsch (79)
• Alberdina Hutten (14), Radewijk, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna Adriana van der Ham (65), Voorburg (Leidschendam) Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Dost (86), Groningen
• "Jacqueline" Georgine Adèle Marie Yvonne de Galliffet (38), Paris
• Adriaan Herremans (79), Nieuw-Ginneken
• Anne Jans (1) de Jong (89), ,,, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Paulus ZIJLSTRA (58), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Elisabeth Langeslag (68), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1940 » Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, Mayor of Rotterdam
• 1941 » Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer († 2010)
• 1942 » Carol Lynley, American model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Donald E. Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2016)
• 1942 » Peter Tork, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor († 2019)
• 1943 » Elaine Pagels, American theologian and academic
• 1944 » Jerry Springer, English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati
• 1944 » Stockard Channing, American actress
• 1945 » Marian Dawkins, English biologist and academic

• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
• 1958 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)

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. Anna
4. Cornelia
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.
• 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.
• July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
• September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.
• October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
• November 13 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

The temperature on February 13, 1942 was between 0.2 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.