About the day » Monday October 26, 1942Calender converter

• N.N. van Doornik, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1942)
• Hendrika Johanna Barbara van der Zalm, Noordwijk († 2020)
• André René BLONDELLE, Saint Quentin,02100,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE († 2005)
• Gosse Kerkhof, Lippenhuizen († 1994)
• Nellie van de Guchte, 's Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 2007)
• dirk DOOLAARD, oud-beijerland († 1978)
• Helena Willie de ROO, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Gerardus Johannes Maria Veen, Breukelen-St. Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• Nn Blankenstein, Soest († 1942)
• Linda Hillen († 2012)

• Abraham Vleeschhouwer (14), Auschwitz, Polen
• Aalf van Dijken (38), Dachau
• Abraham Jongkind (46), Utrecht
• Aafje Baas (84), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Blog (50), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Abraham Pijpeman (63), Auschwitz PL
• Aafje Baas (84), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Eliazer Broekema (6), Auschwitz, Polen
• Abram Vleeschhouwer (13), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Abraham Hartog van Os (59), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen

• 1940 » Eddie Henderson, American trumpet player and educator
• 1940 » John Horgan, Irish academic and politician
• 1941 » Charlie Landsborough, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator
• 1942 » Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director († 2014)
• 1942 » Jonathan Williams, English race car driver and pilot († 2014)
• 1942 » Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Jim McCann, Irish singer and guitarist († 2015)
• 1945 » Pat Conroy, American author († 2016)

• 1937 » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1944 » Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 » William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)

• 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.
• February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
• March 22 » World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSHermes and the Australian destroyer HMASVampire.
• July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
• July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
• August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.

The temperature on October 26, 1942 was between 5.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.