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• Adrianus Cornelis Roeleveld, Mijdrecht († 2006)
• Hugo Hubert Elisabeth Cleeren, Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België († 1988)
• Lester Franklin Fowler († 1942)
• Cornelia Maria van IJzendoorn, Schiedam († 1998)
• Joseph Hubert Léon Claes, Sint-Truiden, België († 1997)
• Jeanne Pot, Geetbets-Brabant, België († 2007)
• Anna Maria Antonetta Brugmans, Veghel, Nederland († 1946)
• Auke Smit, Wildervank († 2018)
• bartholomeus johannes (bart) backus, helden-grashoek
• Gerardus Christiaan Schut, Putten († 2010)

• Annie Elisabeth van Andel (16), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Helena helen Polmans (69), Vriezenveen
• Berend de Jong (78), Leeuwarden
• ANNA MARIA NUMMERDOR (2), APELDOORN
• Abraham Serge Seepers (50), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Edens (67), Termuntenzijl
• ALPHONS JOZEF MARIA MARTENS (54), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anna Helena Polmans (69), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amanda Adaline Stidham (89), Denison
• Alfred Sherren (76), Victoria, Queens Co., Prince Edward Island, Canada

• 1940 » Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Mike Vickers, English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
• 1941 » Michael D. Higgins, Irish sociologist and politician, 9th President of Ireland
• 1942 » Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian racing driver († 1970)
• 1942 » Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic
• 1942 » Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
• 1942 » Steve Blass, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1944 » Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, English academic and politician
• 1944 » Kathy Acker, American author and poet († 1997)
• 1944 » Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent and double agent

• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)

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.
• February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
• April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
• June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
• July 19 » World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
• July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
• July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.

The temperature on April 18, 1942 was between 8.0 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.