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• Johannes 'John' Veldhoen, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 2010)
• Cynthia JUNE, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2004)
• Arnold Vlassenroot, Aalst († 1943)
• Don Felder Sheridan († 1995)
• Gijsbert Jan Stormink, Gorssel († 2013)
• Dood geboren van der Vleuten, Liempde (Nrd Brabant) († 1942)
• Johanna Tersteege, Groningen († 2014)
• Kenneth James Stapleton, Lawrenceville, Clark Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Johanna Adriana de Boer, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Alvina Lucero Bustamantes, Mesilla,New Mexico († 2002)

• Aldegonda Lucia Hendrika van Venrooij (78), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Cornelia Aarden (74), Oud-Vossemeer
• Aldegonda Lucia Hendrika van Venrooij (78), Den Haag
• Adriaan van Aard (72), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Afien Coorn (74), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Blok (62), Krabbendijke
• Adrianus Laurentius Teurlings (52), Tilburg
• Aaltje Stevens (Martens) (40), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• de Bruin (21), Peremoga, Ukraine
• Adrianus Marius Koning (75), Baarn

• 1941 » Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler († 2016)
• 1941 » Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor
• 1942 » Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter
• 1942 » Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player
• 1942 » Pascal Couchepin, Swiss politician
• 1942 » Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter
• 1943 » Dean Brown, Australian politician, 41st Premier of South Australia
• 1943 » Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer
• 1943 » Max Gail, American actor and director
• 1943 » Miet Smet, Belgian politician

• 1938 » Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)
• 1940 » Jay O'Brien, American bobsledder (b. 1883)
• 1940 » Robert Maillart, Swiss civil engineer (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Song Zheyuan, Chinese general (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Franciszek Kleeberg, Polish general (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)

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. 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 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
• 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.
• June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
• 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.
• August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
• November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.

The temperature on April 5, 1942 was between 6.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.