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• Henriette Myra van der Hal, Groningen The Netherlands († 2017)
• Max Witsenhuijsen, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Christina Maria Van Der Donk, Geleen († 1942)
• Petronella (Nel) Ringenier, Steenwijk († 2009)
• Antoon Johannes Zijlma, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Jan Breukelman († 1992)
• Geertruida Cornelia Bruijel († 1985)
• Nel Ooms († 2023)
• Marian de Wit, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Karen Elaine Kruger, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 1994)

• Adelaide de Macedo Taques (78), Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil
• Anna Maria Elisabeth BROCKHOFF (70), Vinkeveen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Anna den Hollander (52), Wassenaar
• Arie Duimelaar (78), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Strien (29), Auschwitz
• Alida Spier (61), Auschwitz
• Antonius van Opdorp (65), Woensdrecht, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Bueno de Mesquita (86)
• Hoek (0), Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Betsy Spier (54), Auschwitz, Poland

• 1940 » Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 » Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician
• 1940 » Theodore Olson, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General
• 1940 » Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and author († 2012)
• 1941 » Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member
• 1942 » Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1943 » André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman
• 1943 » Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor
• 1943 » Jack Ely, American singer and guitarist († 2015)
• 1943 » Mickey Hart, American drummer, percussionist and musicologist

• 1932 » Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1932 » Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)
• 1935 » Charles Norris, American coroner (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
• 1952 » Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter († 1913)
• 1956 » Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (b. 1894)

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 10 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.
• March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
• March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
• July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSOhio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
• August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.

The temperature on September 11, 1942 was between 6.4 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.