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• Johannes Hermans, Helden Koningslust († 1998)
• Klazien de Bruijn († 2015)
• Johannes Gerards L. Hermans, Helden-Koningslust, Limburg, Nederland († 1998)
• Adriaan Willem Vreeken, Malang, N.I († 1983)
• Frans van Breugel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• NN Kropman, Oostkapelle († 1942)
• Hendrikus A. Blijleven († 2018)
• Hub Prevo († 2007)
• Sjoerd Meijeringh († 2001)
• Klara Rachel Elzas, Amsterdam († 1943)

• Aaltje Kranenburg (79), Scharmer, Slochteren,, Groningen, Nederland
• Addie Emma Nobles Joyner [K 012 Bu] "Emma" (55), Pitt County op, North Carolina ql
• van der Wolff (0), Rotterdam
• Antonia Stuckstette (53), Asten
• Berend HogenEsch (81), Stadskanaal
• Bartha Schievink (79), Groningen, NL-GR
• Anna Gezina Hoezen (61), Vlagtwedde
• Beerend Menger (40), Hoogeveen
• ALLEGONDA ELISABETH SCHEEN (91), Groningen
• Abraham Koenrades (75), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Ambrose Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway, English photographer and politician
• 1941 » Bobby Cox, American baseball player and manager
• 1941 » Martin Carthy, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1942 » Danny Ongais, American race car driver
• 1942 » David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1942 » John Konrads, Australian swimmer
• 1943 » Hilton Valentine, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1943 » John Dalton, English bass player
• 1943 » Vincent Crane, English pianist and composer († 1989)

• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
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.
• January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
• May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
• August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
• 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.
• October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.

The temperature on May 21, 1942 was between 8.0 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.