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• Gerrit Pieter Speksnijder († 2001)
• Darwyn Eldeen Jones, Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI († 2018)
• David Bernard de Vries, Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa († 2021)
• Anita Maria CRABBE, Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1983)
• Jan Geijteman, Katwijk aan Zee († 2014)
• Egbert van Riessen, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Jacob Verhoog, Den Haag († 2011)
• Alie Snoei († 2009)
• Jan Roelof Groen, Achterbuurt (Steenwijkerwold) († 2023)
• Arthur Paul Hüther, Gelsenkirchen, Duitsland († 1999)

• Abraham Blitz (62), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Anna Margaretha van Groningen (61), Bloemendaal
• Aleida van Maanen (72), Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hamburger (62), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Anna Margaretha van Groeningen (61), Bloemendaal
• Abraham Citroen (57), Auschwitz
• van der Meer, Monster
• Aaltje van (de) Beek (81), Zaandam
• Aleida Jansink (76), Enschede
• Abraham Mok (55), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland

• 1940 » Jack Thompson, Australian actor
• 1940 » Larry Hankin, American actor, director, and producer
• 1940 » Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer († 1986)
• 1940 » Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1940 » Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player († 2015)
• 1941 » Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator († 2012)
• 1941 » William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
• 1942 » Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer
• 1943 » Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
• 1944 » Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher

• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)

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. 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.
• March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
• July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
• July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
• September 20 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In the course of two days a German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv.
• October 9 » Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
• December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.

The temperature on August 31, 1942 was between 15.2 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.