About the day » Tuesday September 15, 1942Calender converter

• Henk Kok, Edam / Volendam († 1963)
• Greetje Georgius, Winschoten († 2009)
• Hubertine Schorn († 1942)
• Alphonsus Johannes Hubertus Jacobs, Heerlen († 1999)
• Elva Jean Berwick, Toronto, Ontario († 2013)
• Gustaaf Adolf SLOT, Maasniel († 1943)
• Antonius Ludovicus Amedeus Drossaert, Bornem († 1942)
• Ireentje Hartholt, Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• doodgeboren zoon Verboon, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Arnoldus Johannes Heuzen, Leimuiden († 1944)

• Alida Adriana Mittemeijer (80), Baarn, Nederland
• Branzia Birstein (57), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Rein Mollerus Couperus (28), Kubaard
• Abigail Bracken (90), Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Arnoldus Hofman (86), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje Jonker (16), Kampen
• Carolina Helleboogh (32), Bornem
• Anthonia Caroline Josepha Zallinger van Stillendorf (95)
• Anna Scheeren (30), Heerlen
• Berendina Korthuis (2), Groningen

• 1940 » Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor († 2010)
• 1941 » Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2011)
• 1941 » Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1941 » Signe Toly Anderson, American rock singer († 2016)
• 1941 » Viktor Zubkov, Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1941 » Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
• 1942 » Lee Dorman, American bass player († 2012)
• 1942 » Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
• 1944 » Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal

• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
13. Jacob
14. Gerardus
15. Johan
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
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 1 » World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
• March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
• June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.

The temperature on September 15, 1942 was between 8.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.