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• Johanna Maria Klarenbeek, Westbroek († 1944)
• Jansje Schut, Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Bobby Ray Barnett, Bell, Kentucky, United States († 2005)
• Corey Eugene Leary († 1987)
• Kathleen Ann Hock, Berwick, Columbia Co.Pennsylvania († 2006)
• Jacobus Adrianus Anthonius Besteman, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Maria Engelina Alida van der Zon, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1942)
• Maria Bernadette van Geloven, Schiedam († 1988)
• Hadewiech EEFTING († 1996)
• C.L.M. van de Brug († 2006)

• Adriana Maria Verdegaal (0), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Henry Swan (61), West Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa, United States
• Betje van Dee (19), Venlo (St. Joseph Ziekenhuis, Hoogeweg 19)
• Anna Petronella Catharina Haemers (27), Kessenich (B)
• Antje Werkman (76), Midwolda (gem. Oldambt)
• Adriaan van Gaans (84), Bergen op Zoom
• afra mol (32)
• Albert Manning (67), Onstwedde
• Charles Henry THOMASSEN (57), Albert Lea Freeborn County Minnesota U.S.A
• Clara Gann Dun (67), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands

• 1939 » Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor († 2004)
• 1940 » Bjorn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist († 2002)
• 1940 » Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic († 2010)
• 1940 » Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
• 1941 » Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive
• 1941 » Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1942 » Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
• 1942 » Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
• 1943 » Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands († 2016)
• 1944 » John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster

• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)

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 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
• May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
• 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.
• September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
• November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.

The temperature on May 23, 1942 was between 9.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.