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• Anna Gertrudis Maria Sterk, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Musters, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Elisabeth Paula Simonia Alkemade, Noordwijk († 2022)
• Gerardus P.M. van der Zanden, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Christian Frederik Franz of DENMARK, Sorgenfri Palace, Sorgenfri, Lyngby-Taarbaek, Kobenhavn, Denmark († 2013)
• Jantina Maria van Twillert, Beekbergen, Apeldoorn († 2020)
• Achile Braet, Ghlin († 1943)
• Gerrit Schimmel († 2002)
• Bernard T Morse *, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales († 2005)
• Guy SEGHERS, Halle,1500,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2021)

• Abraham de Beer (54), Auschwitz-Katowice (Polen)
• Abraham Fresco (58), Auschwitz
• Abraham Elsas (52), Auschwitz
• Aaltje Frankenhuis (38), Auschwitz, Poland
• Abraham Aron FRESCO (58), Auschwitz
• Abraham Druijf (52), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Hoogwerf (0), Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Piepers (88), Limmen
• Aaltje Frankenhuis (38), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Abraham VAN LEER (59), Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland

• 1939 » Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique
• 1941 » Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and earthquake scientist († 2013)
• 1941 » Charles Keating, English-American actor († 2014)
• 1942 » Annette Funicello, American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1942 » Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1966)
• 1943 » Allen Coage, American-Canadian wrestler and coach († 2007)
• 1943 » Catherine Deneuve, French actress and singer
• 1943 » Catherine E. Coulson, American actress († 2015)
• 1943 » Jan de Bont, Dutch director, producer, and cinematographer
• 1943 » Seif Sharif Hamad, Zanzibari politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Zanzibar

• 1927 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (b. 1876)
• 1928 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1935 » Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (b. 1847)
• 1941 » Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
• 1952 » Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)

• 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 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
• February 11 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
• June 7 » World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
• July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
• July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
• September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.

The temperature on October 22, 1942 was between 6.4 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.