About the day » Monday October 26, 1942Calender converter

• Virginia Busbee Graham, Swansea, Lexington County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2012)
• James Scruggs, Perry, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• André René BLONDELLE, Saint Quentin,02100,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE († 2005)
• Gerardus Johannes Maria Veen, Breukelen-St. Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• David Alan BROWN, Iowa († 2005)
• Johannes Pieneman, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Gastão de Campos Salles, São Paulo, Brasil († 2014)
• N.N. Blankenstein, Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1942)
• Maria Gertruda Trags, Heerlen († 1942)
• Gosse Kerkhof, Lippenhuizen († 1994)

• Abigaël Druijf (56), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Aaron Huisman (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Rooij (92), Sommelsdijk
• Adolf Martin Oliemans (24), Utrecht
• Aaltje Blog (50), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Abraham Vleeschhouwer (14), Auschwitz, Polen
• Ad‡ele Levie (62), Auschwitz
• abraham van DAM (57), AUSCHWITZ, POLEN vernietigingskamp tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog van nazi-duitsland
• Aalf van Dijken (38), Dachau
• Aart Andeweg (72), Numansdorp, Nederland

• 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)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
11. Robert
12. Adrianus
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.
• February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
• May 12 » World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
• May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
• 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.
• November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.
• December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.

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.