About the day » Tuesday May 19, 1942Calender converter

• Mary Bloemendaal
• Hendrik Gerardus Simon Maria Langeveld, Voorhout († 2008)
• Marjan Beezhold, Zwolle († 2015)
• Johannes Franciscus Maria van Kalmthout, Zundert († 1980)
• Robert August Christiaan Belling, Soerabaja, Java (Ned. Indië) († 2007)
• Vearl Max TAYLOR, Salina, Sevier County, Utah, United States of America († 2005)
• Johanna Maria Hofstra, Musselkanaal († 1996)
• Everdina Riena Bootsma († 1942)
• Maria Boni, Antwerpen († 1983)
• Liliane Deboel

• Aafke Stuiver (88), Heerenveen
• Albert de Boer (72), Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Apollux Johannes Hofland (63), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Heinrich Berentzen (70), Lindloh, Haren (Ems)
• Adriana Zwijnenburg (76), Lekkerkerk
• Arie Goené (87), Rotterdam
• Augusta de BELLEFROID d'OUDOUMONT (51), Aye, Province du Luxembourg, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Albert Smildiger (1), Groningen
• Arie de De Waard (80), Zutphen
• Anna Catharina Schumann (49), Weert, Limburg, Nederland

• 1939 » Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
• 1940 » Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
• 1940 » Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter († 2002)
• 1941 » Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• 1941 » Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1942 » Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. († 1994)
• 1942 » Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
• 1943 » Eddie May, English footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1943 » Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic
• 1944 » Peter Mayhew, English-American actor († 2019)

• 1935 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1958 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
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.
• May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
• June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• 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.
• October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
• December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
• December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

The temperature on May 19, 1942 was between 9.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.