About the day » Sunday October 11, 1942Calender converter

• Jakob Kootstra, Harkema-Opeinde († 1996)
• Leonardus Petrus Wilhelmus (Leo) Gielesen, Schipluiden, Midden-Delfland, ZH, Nederland († 2011)
• Homer Lee Braswell, Houston,Alabama († 1959)
• Quirinus Gabriel van Eeden, Den Hoorn († 1999)
• Maart Veerman, Edam Volendam (Nederland) († 2005)
• Alphons M van Sas, Baarle-Nassau († 1985)
• Paul BERGHMANS, Mol Belgie († 1994)
• Feike Willems Spoelstra († 1986)
• Hendrikus Wolf, Wezep († 1995)
• OG Schuitemaker, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Antonetta Rooijakkers (76), Arnhem
• Arnoldus Verbeek VERBEECK (45), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Francisca Potemans (91), Amsterdam
• Anke van der Velde (57), Opende
• Aris Oensen (75), Avenhorn
• Antonie Marius Durberg (45), Ommen
• Antoinetta Smit (81), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Jans Vogelzang (59), Groningen
• Barend Valk (49), Amsterdam
• Arnoldus Verbeek (45), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1940 » Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter
• 1941 » Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer († 1999)
• 1942 » Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
• 1942 » Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician
• 1943 » Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1943 » Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
• 1943 » John Nettles, English actor and writer
• 1943 » Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer († 1996)
• 1943 » Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic
• 1944 » Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)

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 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
• February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
• February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
• June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
• July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.

The temperature on October 11, 1942 was between 5.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.