About the day » Wednesday May 20, 1942Calender converter

• Denise Marie Coyle, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Hermanus Johannes Maria van Beurden, de Lier, Nederland († 2010)
• Johannes Hozee, Middelburg († 2004)
• Albertje (Bertha) DE WIT, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 2009)
• Ina Vos († 2003)
• Cornelia (Corrie) van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Cornelis Roskes, Soerabaja, Java, Indonesia († 2010)
• Doodgeboren kind Munsters, Deurne († 1942)
• Cornelis (Cor) Meijer, Schoorl († 2005)
• Anna Marie Buursink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1989)

• Andreas Oswald Frans Hendrik Joseph Sigismund Anthonie Maria Schlick Graaf van Passau-Weisskirchen (24), Jicineves (Jicinowes), N.O.-Bohemen, Tsjechië
• Abraham Nieuwland (71), 's-Gravenzande (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina PASVEER (78), Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
• Bernarda Hendrika Hoekman (60), Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Glas (38), Hoogwoud
• Clement Albert SMEETS (60), Wassenaar (Zuid Holland) (NL)
• Clinton Calhoun "Clint" WELBORN (56), Jones Co., MS
• Adriaan Kooij (50), Arnhem
• Antonius van der Heijden (36), Siegburg, Duitsland
• Berendina Bontkes (75), Mussel

• 1940 » Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1969)
• 1940 » Stan Mikita, Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster († 2018)
• 1941 » Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1941 » John Strasberg, American actor and teacher
• 1942 » Carlos Hathcock, American sergeant and sniper († 1999)
• 1942 » Frew McMillan, South African tennis player
• 1942 » Lynn Davies, Welsh sprinter and long jumper
• 1942 » Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• 1943 » Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker
• 1943 » Deryck Murray, Trinidadian cricketer

• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)

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. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
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.
• June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
• June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
• June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
• July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
• November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

The temperature on May 20, 1942 was between 6.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.