About the day » Friday May 8, 1942Calender converter

• Donald Edward Poole († 1988)
• Donna Julie Blaul, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Henk Chr. Peters († 1999)
• Denise ZANDERS, Oostende,Provincie West-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgie († 2005)
• Donald W Bruxvoort, Sully, Jasper County, Iowa († 2023)
• Herman van der Weide, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Bernardus David Maria Damhuis, Hengelo († 2013)
• Emile Bernardus Ansems, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Godfried (Fred)Bock, schaesberg († 2002)
• Arie Bijl, Herwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)

• Berend Jan Bargboer (80), Nijverdal
• Alma TAYLOR (71), Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Bernard Heinrich Hüsers (82), Schöningsdorf
• Alice Henrica De Jonghe (72), Nederland Noord-Brabant Breda
• Arnoldine Brok Den (70), Oss
• Abraham Hoepelman (81), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hoepelman (81), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Bernard Henrich Hüsers (82), Schöninghsdorf, Duitsland
• Adrianus Johannes Hoefnagels (69), Oisterwijk
• Antje Elzinga (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1941 » Bill Lockyer, American academic and politician, 30th Attorney General of California
• 1941 » James Traficant, American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » John Fred, American singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1942 » Martin Dobkin, Canadian doctor and politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga
• 1942 » Norman Lamont, Scottish banker and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1942 » Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
• 1942 » Robin Hobbs, English cricketer
• 1942 » Terry Neill, Irish footballer and manager
• 1943 » Johnny Greaves, Australian rugby league player
• 1943 » Pat Barker, English author

• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
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. 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.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
• July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
• August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
• November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.
• November 4 » World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.

The temperature on May 8, 1942 was between 2.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.