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• Johannes van Ieperen, Juphaas († 1942)
• Clara Maria Krook, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Gerhardus Johannes Antonius (Gerhard) ten Dam, Saasveld († 2016)
• Else de Leeuw, Haarlem († 2013)
• Agnes Lynn Blaak, Yakima, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1943)
• Johan van der Meer, Tilburg († 2008)
• Johannes Christiaan de Bree, Amsterdam, nederland
• Abraham van Praag, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Gerrit Andries Woord, Urk († 1997)
• Johanna-Wilhelmina-Everdina-Maria Polman, Arnhem († 2011)

• Antje van Valkengoed (85), Utrecht
• Adriaan Donkers (57), Tilburg
• Aartje van den Oosterkamp (70), Rhenen
• Arie Verhoef, Lopik
• Bodina Maas (87), Leeuwarden
• Alexander Isaac (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia van den Boogaard (224.5.1.5.4.3), Eindhoven, NoordBrabant, Nederland
• Arij Rietkerk (57), Leiden
• Abraham Kisch (30), Auschwitz, Polen
• Abraham Stephanus van der Waals (82), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1939 » Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor
• 1939 » Susan Flannery, American actress
• 1941 » Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat († 2004)
• 1943 » Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
• 1944 » David Norris, Irish scholar and politician
• 1944 » Geraldine Chaplin, American actress and screenwriter
• 1944 » Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 » Sherry Lansing, American film producer

• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
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. 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 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
• June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
• July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
• August 7 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
• November 3 » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.

The temperature on July 31, 1942 was between 6.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.