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• Albertus Gerardus (Bert) van Willigen, Boxtel († 2011)
• anna lena LAGERWERF, oud-beijerland († 1996)
• Isaak David Levi Frank, rotterdam, Nederland († 1943)
• Dirk ten Cate f, Hoogeveen {DR} († 1947)
• Cornelis van der Oord, Den Helder († 1975)
• Debora de Buck, Koudekerke nederland († 2020)
• Charles MAITLAND MAKGILL CRICHTON († 1992)
• Arie den Hartog, Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Geertruida Cornelia Heijstek, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Carolyn Marie Reemtsma, Rock Rapids, Lynn County, Iowa († 2017)

• Ate Andriesz Dam (66), Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Caspar Jozef Handels (72), Heerlen
• Ate Andries Dam (66), Huizum, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Caspar Jozef Handels (72), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Clasina Petronella Hoogland (79), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• anna letmathe (37), Sittard
• Albert Strijker (23), Loosduinen, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje BUITENDIJK (84), Maasdam
• Abraham Johannis Geluk (62), St. Annaland
• Ate Andries Dam (66), Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1940 » Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author († 2013)
• 1941 » Emmett Till, American lynching victim († 1955)
• 1941 » Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter
• 1941 » Nate Thurmond, American basketball player († 2016)
• 1942 » Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician
• 1943 » Jim McCarty, English singer and drummer
• 1944 » Sally Beauman, English journalist and author († 2016)
• 1946 » José Areas, Nicaraguan drummer
• 1946 » Nicole Farhi, French fashion designer and sculptor

• 1934 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
• 1934 » François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
• 1966 » Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (b. 1878)

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 8 » World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
• February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSHermes and the Australian destroyer HMASVampire.
• May 9 » Holocaust: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.
• July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.

The temperature on July 25, 1942 was between 14.6 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.