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Born on Sunday October 4, 1942
- Donna Jean Saylor, Pennsylvania († 1943)
- Christoffel STROOTMAN, Dinteloord († 2011)
- Elle Marianne Ruseler, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
- Gerrit Veerman, Edam Volendam († 2023)
- Elizabeth Jansema, meedhuizen († 2020)
- Gary Dean Wilt († 1997)
- Elisabeth Jansema, Meedhuizen († 2020)
- Fokke Maurits van der Werf, Poppingawier († 2021)
- Annie Akse, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)
- Bartus Kroeze, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Klazienaveen († 1978)
Died on Sunday October 4, 1942
- "Jeanne" Marie Caroline Léonore Rioust de Largentaye (81), château de Sassy
- Allert SCHELTEMA (20), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna, Maria, Josephina Höppener (75), Roermond
- Albert Marks Postma (58), Kollumerzwaag
- Anna Geertruid Over (89), Musselkanaal
- Aalf Spaan (73), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
- Anna Maria Jekel (55), Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Arie van Helden (70), 's-Gravenhage ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antonius Willebrordus Dietz (61), Den Haag
- Anna Hopkins Lambson (102), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 4, 1942 at Delpher
Born on October 4
- 1941 » Anne Rice, American author
- 1941 » Karen Cushman, American author
- 1941 » Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver
- 1941 » Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
- 1941 » Roy Blount, Jr., American humorist and journalist
- 1942 » Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter
- 1942 » Christopher Stone, American actor and screenwriter († 1995)
- 1942 » Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1942 » Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot († 1967)
- 1943 » H. Rap Brown, American activist
Died on October 4
- 1935 » Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (b. 1849)
- 1935 » Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
- 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
- 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
- 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
- 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
- 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
- 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
- 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
- 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
Names that were popular for boys in 1942
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Wilhelmus
- Robert
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Johan
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1942
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Aaltje
- Margaretha
- Grietje
- Helena
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1942
- 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.
- March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
- April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
- May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
- June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
- July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
- September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
Weather October 4, 1942
The temperature on October 4, 1942 was between 7.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.