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• Anatole de Abreu Lima, Bernardino de Campos, São Paulo, Brasil († 2015)
• Dirk Abbenes, Den Helder († 2000)
• Hannie van den Ham, Almelo, Ove, Nederland († 1984)
• Egbert van Laar († 2012)
• Bertus Lahuis, Gees († 1999)
• Ferry Kouthoofd, Bandung († 1999)
• Catherine Mary Burney, Boston MA, V.S († 1990)
• Hendrikus Maria VERLINDEN, Helden, Limburg, Nederland († 1952)
• catharina helena andrea (toos) janssen, helden-beringe († 2001)
• Gerardus Maria Schram, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)

• Boele Postma (82), Wolvega (Westellingwerf. Fr)
• Agni(e)s Geertruida Burgers (65), Tiel
• Antje van den Heuvel (64), Hilversum
• Berend Jans Mulder (73), Winschoten, Nederland
• Barbara GOWANS (87)
• Berendina Timmerman (75), Hengelo
• Aaltje Woudenberg (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis de Wit (65), Roosendaal
• Anna, Elisabeth Duchateau (50), Maastricht,Limburg,Netherlands
• Agnes Geertruda Agnis Geertruida Burgers (65), Tiel

• 1939 » Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia († 2013)
• 1939 » Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1942 » Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1999)
• 1943 » Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach
• 1944 » Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
• 1944 » Thomas Burns, British bishop
• 1945 » Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
• 1945 » Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network

• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
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. 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.
• January 20 » World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question".
• March 1 » World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
• May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
• October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
• December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
• December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

The temperature on June 3, 1942 was between 6.6 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.