About the day » Saturday July 11, 1942Calender converter

• Antonie Schurink, Teuge († 1990)
• Aafke Luchtenberg, Uithuizen, Eemsmond, Goningen, Nederland († 2015)
• Inge DIngena Huizing († 2011)
• Grietje│Greetje Krijgsman, Katwijk († 2014)
• Joaquim de Arruda Campos, Paranaíba, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil († 1992)
• Johannes Cornelis Michel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Antoniua (Ton) van Ierland, Tilburg († 2000)
• Judith Ann Poole, Gary, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Jantje Albertha Vietje, Stadskanaal († 2014)
• Katharinus Dam, Onstwedde († 1942)

• Adriana Cornelia Maria ZEGERS (64), Venlo,Limburg,NEDERLAND
• Alberdina Theodora Gerarda Jansen van de Sligte (17), Apeldoorn
• Antonia Hendrika Maria Helena Brouwer (30), 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anje Wieringa (86), Groningen
• Alida van Krimpen (74), Voorburg
• Bjinse (Bjintze) van den Akker (70), Lippenhuizen
• Arline Enriquetta de Cuba (0), Oranjestad, Aruba
• Arjan Joukes Schat (74), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arthur Michaelis Feiler Prof Econ. (62), New York, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adolph Mater (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Bill Boggs, American journalist and producer
• 1941 » Henry Lowther, English trumpet player
• 1943 » Howard Gardner, American psychologist and academic
• 1943 » Peter Jensen, Australian metropolitan
• 1943 » Richard Carleton, Australian journalist († 2006)
• 1943 » Robert Malval, Haitian businessman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1943 » Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver († 1983)
• 1943 » Tom Holland, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1944 » Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist

• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

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.
• February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
• March 12 » The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
• March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
• May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
• September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
• December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

The temperature on July 11, 1942 was between 10.3 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 53.6 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.