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• Cornelis Langerak, Leerbroek (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Adrianus van Zundert (van Jan v. Berkenzaad), Sint Willebrord († 1987)
• Antonia Johanna Bäcker, Bergen op Zoom († 1943)
• Albertus Dekker († 1972)
• Anne Marie BEX, Etterbeek (B) († 2014)
• Eliane Monique Carette, Ieper,8900,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2012)
• Johannes Hakvoort († 2009)
• Jannetje de Bruin, Ermelo († 2002)
• Jaak Delaey, Gullegem,8560,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1942)
• Joël Decoodt, Klerken West-Vlaanderen, België († 2011)

• Andries Slier (11), Auschwitz, Poland
• Alida Frank (76), Auschwitz
• Aaltjen Brandsma (71), Steenwijkerland
• Alexander HARTOG (53), Oswiecim, Poland
• Abraham Weenen (70)
• Adrianus Spuijman (76), Delft
• Alida Hendrika Beijers (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Antonius Kanters (7), Zevenbergen
• Abraham Isaac Groenstad (51), Oswiecim (Polen)
• Abraham Karreman (75), Colijnsplaat, ZL, NL

• 1940 » Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1942 » David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
• 1942 » Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
• 1942 » Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer
• 1942 » Herb Fame, American R&B singer
• 1942 » Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1973)
• 1943 » Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1943 » Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Jerry Martini, American saxophonist
• 1943 » Robert Slater, American author and journalist († 2014)

• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)

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.
• January 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
• March 17 » Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
• May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
• August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
• September 3 » World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.

The temperature on October 1, 1942 was between 6.1 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.