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• Jan Voerman, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Geertruida Maria Hooiveld, Heerhugowaard († 2006)
• Cornelia Remmelzwaal, Katwijk († 2015)
• Fred Bristow († 1988)
• Alain de FRANCQUEN, Namur, 92094, Namur, Belgique († 2020)
• Cornelia Remmelzwaal, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Herbert Karl Buursink, Bremen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 2007)
• Johanna Ringenier, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• Betsie van Falier, Vlijmen († 2005)
• John Stekelenburg, Haarlem († 2004)

• Adrianus Christinus Marie Hodes (35), Den Haag,-
• Anna Catharina Kolen (77), Berkel-Enschot
• Auke de Boer (0), Gerkesklooster
• Adrianus Alphonsus Maria de Beer (66), Tilburg
• Adrianus Alphonsus de Beer (66)
• Anna Maria Pals (73), Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Leonardus Luijendijk (63), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Alida SCHINTZ (87), Den Haag
• Adriana Verhoeven (80), Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Casperina Vroonland (29)

• 1941 » David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic († 2016)
• 1941 » Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1941 » Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer († 2012)
• 1941 » Robert Pine, American actor and director
• 1942 » Lopo do Nascimento, Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola
• 1942 » Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1942 » Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)
• 1942 » Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist († 1993)
• 1943 » Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian politician

• 1929 » Ève Lavallière, French actress (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Huntley Wright, English actor (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)

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.
• January 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
• February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
• February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
• February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
• April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
• July 19 » World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.

The temperature on July 10, 1942 was between 11.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.