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• Gerben Jans Land, Surhuisterveen († 1970)
• Lub Barends († 2017)
• Elenaor Ann Krueger, Independence, Iowa († 2022)
• Abraham Eland, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2018)
• johanna martina wilhelmina tillemans, helden-beringe
• Naamloos Laan, Grootebroek,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Bernardus Plechelmus (Benny) Siers, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland († 2002)
• N.N. van Halderen, Delft († 1942)
• Marinus Verhoef, Oosterbeek († 1942)
• N.N. Laan, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Adriana Hendrickx (71), Gilze
• Antje Pel (37), Noorddijk, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Visser (63), Delft, Nederland
• Catharina Alida Wubbels (10), Druten
• Bertha Schulvater (83), Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Alice Julie Spier (50), Auschwitz, Poland
• Antonia Boerma (66), Utrecht
• Alice Fedelia Jones (83), Peterboro, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, United States
• Andries de Groot (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Angeline Kent (57), Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1939 » David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury, English businessman and politician
• 1939 » Walt Bellamy, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1940 » Dan Hedaya, American actor
• 1941 » John Bond, English banker and businessman
• 1942 » Chris Sarandon, American actor
• 1942 » David Miner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Heinz, German-English singer-songwriter and bass player († 2000)
• 1944 » Jim Armstrong, Northern Irish guitarist
• 1945 » Azim Premji, Indian businessman and philanthropist
• 1945 » Frank Close, English physicist and academic

• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
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. Helena

• 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 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
• March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
• 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.
• July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
• September 13 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
• October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

The temperature on July 24, 1942 was between 12.1 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.