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• Eunice kAY Jansma, Worthington Nobels County, Minnesota († 2014)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Sanders, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1968)
• Joseph Galjaard, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2021)
• Visch, Utrecht (UT, NLD) († 1942)
• Gerda Rika Lamkje Ewoldt, 's Gravenhage († 2018)
• Hugo Gorter, Terschelling-West († 2020)
• Hubertus Cornelis Johannes Hinssen, Maastricht
• M.C. Schrama, Leiden († 2003)
• Ciska ter Bruggen, Den Helder († 2014)
• Arendje van der Noll, Ter Heide († 2014)

• Antonius Johannes Kelder (82), Hillegom
• Adriana Brakenhoff (81), Egmond-Binnen, Nederland
• Augustus Haegeman (84), Melle, Belgium
• Alida Kreulen (86), Haarlem
• Adriana van Peene (75), Breda, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Annigje Faber (77)
• Aloisie Kubišová (61), Mauthausen
• Arie de Bruin (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Stolk (66), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apollonia Weijers (73), Hillegom, ZUI, Nederland

• 1941 » Merle Woo, Asian American activist
• 1941 » Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop
• 1941 » William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher († 2004)
• 1942 » Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
• 1942 » Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author
• 1942 » Maggie Blye, American actress († 2016)
• 1942 » Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce († 2004)
• 1942 » Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
• 1943 » Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
• 1943 » Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach († 1994)

• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)

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.
• April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
• August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
• August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
• 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.
• October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
• November 3 » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.

The temperature on October 24, 1942 was between 7.6 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.