About the day » Monday July 6, 1942Calender converter

• David Leroy Reynen, Freeborn County, Minnesota († 2017)
• Einbert van Rees († 2002)
• Doodgeboren dochter Ferguson, Monster, ZH, Nederland († 1942)
• Maria Adriana Augusta Adriaansen, Bladel († 2006)
• Doreen Nita ARNOLD († 2016)
• D.A. van de Put, Heerde († 1985)
• Hendrikje Gerritje van Bokhorst, Amersfoort († 2010)
• Larry Wayne Kittrell <KB BdpPqUSSOb>3, Webster County, Missouri († 2014)
• Henry Oelmann, Hardin County, Iowa († 1955)
• Dirk Siebe Zwaagstra († 1945)

• Bieuwkje Keizer (60), Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland
• August Louis Verschueren (5), Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Albert Jan VAN DER LENDE (40), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Antje Duif (76), Den Helder
• Annigje Vaartjes, Deventer
• Agnes Jong (37), Chibin, Egypte
• Adriaantje van de Graaf (55), Papendrecht
• Aaltje Hut (19), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Sauerborn (92), De Cocksdorp (Texel, NH)
• van Hout (0), Zeeland

• 1939 » Bruce Hunter, American swimmer († 2018)
• 1939 » Jet Harris, English bass player († 2011)
• 1939 » Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
• 1940 » Jeannie Seely, Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member
• 1940 » Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
• 1941 » David Crystal, British linguist, author, and academic
• 1941 » Reinhard Roder, German footballer and manager
• 1943 » Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian soprano
• 1944 » Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
• 1946 » George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States

• 1922 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 » Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
• 1952 » Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
• 1959 » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
• 1961 » Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
• 1961 » Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)

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 9 » Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
• June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
• June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
• October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.

The temperature on July 6, 1942 was between 14.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.