About the day » Monday June 1, 1942Calender converter

• Kind van Beek, Putten († 1942)
• Frans Oscar Crabbe, Hooglede († 2020)
• Jarich Lutzens Renema, Lollum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Maria Johanna Sterk († 2001)
• Frans Groot Obbink, Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2007)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Adriaans, Heerlen, Nederland († 1943)
• Maria Louisa Van de Winkel, Pey-Echt, Limburg, Nederland († 1942)
• Leo Dam, Roosendaal en Nispen († 2010)
• Swart, Rijperkerk, Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alan Catheray, Carlton, Victoria, Australia († 1994)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Mertens (86), Vaals
• Antonius Vriens (68), Tilburg
• Christina Henderika Koster (66), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Swart (0), Rijperkerk, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Bruines (91), Zoeterwoude
• Bartha Streefland (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Jaspers Pool (84), Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antoon Hubert Hoebergen (78), Nederweert
• Aagje Alida Margaretha Dekker (92), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Vriens ongehuwd (68), Tilburg, NB, Nederland

• 1940 » Katerina Gogou, Greek writer and actress († 1993)
• 1940 » Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic
• 1940 » René Auberjonois, American actor († 2019)
• 1941 » Alexander V. Zakharov, Russian physicist and astronomer
• 1941 » Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager († 2015)
• 1941 » Toyo Ito, Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira
• 1942 » Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
• 1943 » Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer († 2004)
• 1943 » Orietta Berti, Italian singer and actress
• 1943 » Richard Goode, American pianist

• 1934 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general († 1857)
• 1938 » Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
• 1941 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1941 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1943 » Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
• 1948 » Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1952 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
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. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
16. Helena

• 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 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• July 6 » Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
• August 26 » At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
• September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.
• October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

The temperature on June 1, 1942 was between 6.8 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.