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• Eileen Janice Boden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada († 1993)
• Adrianus Mathijs Bosch, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2023)
• Nicolaas Jozeph Besseling, Abbekerk, De Weere († 2005)
• Martin Johannes Kramer, Voorburg († 2009)
• Hendrikus Terwal, Veghel († 1993)
• Dirk Johannes Beverloo, Deil († 2016)
• Marianne Irma Anna Hilke, Stettin (Polen) († 2006)
• Buijs Aafje Janna Gerda, Den Helder († 2014)
• Cornelis Rens Blaauboer († 2011)
• Nelleke Weggelaar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1989)

• Adriana Cornelia van Dijk (41), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• van der Veen (0), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Hoeijmans (66), Raamsdonk
• Anna Maria van Berlo (71), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Cohn (52), Lodz Ghetto
• van der Sangen (0), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Eijdems (70), Schaesberg
• Alberdina Gerbendina Diewertje Schrok (71), 's Gravenhage, Zuidholland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Meeusen (71), Turnhout B
• Aaltje Jacobs Abercrombie (33), Hoogeveen, Nederland

• 1941 » David Satcher, American admiral and physician, 16th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1941 » John Cornell, Australian actor, director, and producer
• 1942 » Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1942 » Derek Woodley, English footballer († 2002)
• 1942 » John Irving, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1942 » Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor († 2013)
• 1942 » Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iranian architect and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Iran
• 1943 » George Layton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Peter Straub, American author and poet
• 1943 » Robert Williams, American painter and cartoonist

• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
• 1953 » James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)

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.
• January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
• February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
• June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
• July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
• August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
• December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

The temperature on March 2, 1942 was between -1.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.