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• Fernanda Cornelia Lambertha Bodewes, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Hendrik Adrianus Hurkmans, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Elisabeth Albertine Bedijs, Amsterdam († 1976)
• Barbara Elizabeth Lamarche, Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Fernanda Cornelia Lambertha Bodewes, Bedum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1942)
• Hilligien Ambergen, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland († 2013)
• Eva van de Kar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Helena Johanna Wendels c.q. Smellink, Hengelo († 1996)
• Alfons Jan Maria José Hufkens‏, Geel, België († 1942)
• Dirkje Johanna (Dicky) Hofmans († 2011)

• Adrianus Marianus Blans (29), Maasbree-Baarlo
• Catharina Maria Vervark- (19), Leiden, Nederland
• Anna van Nijkerk (74), Tiel
• Bobbie A. Brakebill (0)
• Aaltje Venema (63), Gieten
• Catharina Lochtenberg, Nijmegen
• Boudewijn Monshouwer
• Apolonia Pieternella Verhage (70), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Agatha Bosma (71), Moergestel
• Anna Maria Meyvisch (56), Perk

• 1939 » Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician († 2015)
• 1939 » Terry Kiser, American actor
• 1940 » Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant
• 1940 » Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor
• 1940 » Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire
• 1941 » Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1941 » Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce († 1996)
• 1942 » Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1995)
• 1944 » Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician († 1998)

• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
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 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
• February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
• April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
• May 12 » World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
• 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 3 » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.

The temperature on August 1, 1942 was between 10.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.