About the day » Thursday April 16, 1942Calender converter

• Gerrit Jan Dommerholt († 1996)
• Harmen Groothedde, Terwolde (gem.Voorst) († 2000)
• Klaas van Schaik († 1942)
• Gerrit Veldman, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1997)
• Marcel Damoiseaux, Sittard, Nederland († 2010)
• Herman Lee Kruid, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1943)
• Liduina van der Vegt, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Arie Haas deN, Katwijk († 2004)
• Gerda Luykx, Lommel, België († 2013)
• Hubertus Stefanus Maria Bouwens, Sarangan, Java, Indonesië

• Albert Oldenhof (74), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Jansd Kamper (66), Kampen, ov.nld
• Alexandra Louise Olga of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (63), Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Dekker (51), Velsen, Gemeente Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje van der Plas (34), Katwijk
• Anna Dahler-Eberhard (72), Ziekenhuis Kolpinghaus in Keulen
• Alice Ruys
• Adrianus Hendrikus van den Berg (69), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Petronella Poot (102), Schiedam
• Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (63), Schwäbisch Hall, Allemagne

• 1940 » Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1940 » David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
• 1940 » Joan Snyder, American painter
• 1940 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
• 1941 » Allan Segal, American director and producer († 2012)
• 1942 » Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher
• 1942 » Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team
• 1943 » Lonesome Dave Peverett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)
• 1943 » John Watkins, Australian cricketer
• 1943 » Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman

• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)

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 30 » World War II: Battle of Ambon. Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are massacred at Laha airfield. Three-fourths of remaining POWs will not have survived by the end of the war, including 250 men who will be shipped to Hainan Island in South China Sea and never returned.
• February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
• May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
• June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
• August 9 » World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
• November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.

The temperature on April 16, 1942 was between 0.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.