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• Hermannes Johannes Blokvoort, Avereest († 1942)
• Jan Moorlag († 1995)
• Birgitta Morén († 2019)
• Jan Huntman († 2014)
• Gudny Erlingsdatter Elden, Levanger, Nord-Trøndelag, Norwegen († 2019)
• Albert Reint Dijkema, Woudrichem, Netherlands († 1942)
• Jan Hundman, Leidschendam, ZH, Nederland († 2015)
• anna petronella hendrika (annie) peeters, helden-panningen († 2023)
• Jeanny van de Sande († 2012)
• John William Iedema, Ocheyedan, Osceola County, Iowa († 2021)

• Smink (76), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Everdink (55), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Leuzes Koopmans (83), Appelscha
• Anna Eva Müller (70), Iserlohn (D)
• Amalia Johanna Roos (70)
• Adah Druscilla Apperson (64), Dixon, Solano County, California
• Achille Theophile BERQUIN (74), Oostende,8400,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriana Catharina Maria de Loos (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Diepeveen (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Ringia (50), Leeuwarden

• 1940 » Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1941 » Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1942 » Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
• 1942 » Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic
• 1942 » Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host
• 1942 » Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1943 » Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
• 1943 » Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author

• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
• 1963 » Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
• 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)

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.
• April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
• May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
• June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
• June 21 » World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
• November 10 » World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
• December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

The temperature on October 21, 1942 was between 7.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 16.1 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.