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• Adriana Maria Klop, Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• Cornelis Zijerveld, Sassenheim († 2016)
• Jetske Hendrikus Potma, Greonterp, 8658, Nederland († 2006)
• Antonius (anton) Graveth, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)
• Cornelis Zijerveld, Sassenheim († 2016)
• Gerrit John de Boom, Nobles County, Minnesota († 2017)
• Adriana Maria KLOP, zulichem († 1943)
• Jantien Smith, Nieuw-Weerdinge Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2009)
• Johannes Andreas Maria van Stokkom, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2014)
• Jantina Grietje Roelfsema, wagenborgen († 1944)

• August Theodor Wenner (32), gefallen im 2. Weltkrieg / Ostfront
• Anna Doorenbos (62), Groningen
• Aalt Kwakkel (0), Oldebroek (Gld) Nederland
• Catharina Groffen (64), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Izaak Borgers (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Baby Munneke (0), Groningen
• Anna Gerbens Dorenbos (62), Groningen
• Anna Elisabeth Gertruda Könings (7), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Berghuijs (81), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Christoffel Jacobus Havermans (34), Rotterdam

• 1937 » Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower
• 1938 » Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1940 » Wayne Dyer, American author and educator († 2015)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1946 » Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter

• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)

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. Johan
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
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.
• January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
• September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
• September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
• October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.
• November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
• November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

The temperature on May 10, 1942 was between 4.2 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.