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• Augustina Solleveld († 2008)
• Cornelis Hendrik Oskam, Nieuwer Amstel († 1943)
• Edward Haye, Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia († 2015)
• Célia Benelli Campello, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2003)
• Antonius Cornelis de Haas, Eersel († 1943)
• Gerrit Egbert Moorlach, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 2020)
• Elisabeth Bertoen, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Douglas Eugene Rogers Sr., Massachusetts, United States of America
• Hans Vonk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Gene Dennis Kruger, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2005)

• Alexander KELLAS (74), Old Flinder, Kinnethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Abraham de Bruin (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Keus (61), Scheveningen
• Bart Sterk (74), Polsbroek
• Benjamin William KUNZ (54), Bern,Bear Lake County,Id
• Adriana Besems (63), Breda
• adrianus de WAARD (82), ijsselmonde
• Aaltje Dijkstra (80), Grijpskerk, NL-GR
• Amalia Fuld (65), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie KEUS (61), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)

• 1941 » Roger Lemerre, French footballer and manager
• 1942 » Carl Radle, American bass player and producer († 1980)
• 1942 » Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor († 2004)
• 1942 » John Bellany, Scottish painter and academic († 2013)
• 1942 » Nick Tate, Australian actor and director
• 1942 » Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator
• 1942 » Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Richard Perry, American record producer
• 1942 » Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1942 » Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa

• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1945 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)

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.
• March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
• April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
• June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
• June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
• August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
• November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.

The temperature on June 18, 1942 was between 8.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.