About the day » Sunday May 24, 1942Calender converter

• Mia Badon, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Elisabeth Margareth Muller, (Engeland) († 2000)
• Maria Hubertina Heffels, Born, Limburg, Nederland († 1945)
• Gary Robert Doornbos, El Dorado (Butler, Kansas, USA) († 2011)
• Edward Douglas TURNER, Barraba, New South Wales, Australia († 1965)
• Janny Veldman, Eierland († 2003)
• N.N. Wels, Heteren
• Paul James Paton, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2008)
• Monika Findeisen, Halle (Saale) († 1942)
• Anna Maria ten Thij, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)

• Anton Heinrich Julius Krützmann (71), Amsterdam
• Archibald Reimond Preud'homme (41), Tjimahi, Nederlands Oost-Indië
• Boukje Jans de Haan (26), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Visser (65), Apeldoorn
• Antien Drenth (43), Emmen, Nederland
• Agnes Lucienne Amelina Lhirondelle (30), Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Nord, F
• Aaltjen Nijland (51), Zutphen
• Auguste Marie Hedwig Hoffmann (72), Spandau, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• Bernardo Ricardo KOEIMAN (63), Curacao-Derde District--,-, NA--
• Charles Paapen (11), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1940 » Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1941 » Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English academic and politician
• 1942 » Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and manager
• 1942 » Hannu Mikkola, Finnish race car driver
• 1942 » Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, Japanese Minister of Home Affairs
• 1943 » Gary Burghoff, American actor
• 1944 » Dominique Lavanant, French actress
• 1944 » Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1945 » Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2012)

• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)

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.
• February 24 » The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
• 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.
• May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
• May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
• September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
• November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.

The temperature on May 24, 1942 was between 9.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.