About the day » Saturday May 2, 1942Calender converter

• Henrica Maria Geerts († 2012)
• John Floyd Scott, Petaluma, Sonoma, California, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• David Hijman de la Penha, amsterdam, Nederland († 2012)
• Bernardus (Ben) Theodorus Hermanus Maria Louman, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Kleinsma, Delden († 1942)
• Anna Christina van der Meulen († 2018)
• helena wilhelmina maria (leen) dorssers, helden
• Cornelis Henricus Maria (Cor) Arkesteijn, Schipluiden, Nederland († 2017)
• Johannes Antonius Maria Gerardus Hanssen, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1945)
• Harm Dingsté, Meppel († 1945)

• Auguste Joseph Marie CLINCKEMAILLIE (66), Jette,1090,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,Belgique
• Adelberto Pedro Hartnell (72), Santa Barbara, California, Verenigde Staten
• Clementine De Mol (63), Torhout
• Egberta Maria Johanna Cornelissen (68), Amsterdam
• Benjamin Lopes Cardozo (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eerde Cornelisz Koopmans (54), Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dirven (87), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Benedict Francis Miles (59), Marion County, Kentucky
• Cornelis Willemsz Sieben (75), Castricum
• Dirk Arnold Schuld (78), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1939 » Ernesto Castano, Italian football player
• 1939 » Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist and engineer
• 1940 » Jules Albert Wijdenbosch, Surinamese politician
• 1941 » Bruce Cameron, Scottish bishop
• 1941 » Clay Carroll, American baseball player
• 1941 » Eddy Louiss, French jazz musician († 2015)
• 1941 » Tony Adamowicz, American race car driver († 2016)
• 1942 » Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman
• 1942 » Wojciech Pszoniak, Polish film and theater actor
• 1944 » Robert G. W. Anderson, English chemist, historian, and curator

• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)

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.
• 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.
• May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
• June 4 » World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
• September 3 » World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
• September 13 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.

The temperature on May 2, 1942 was between 4.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.