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• Hubertus Antonius Henricus Coppers, Well († 2013)
• Henny Vroomans, Yogjakarta, India († 2004)
• Johanna Alida Agatha Fanoy, Den Haag († 2012)
• Joseph Cornelis Görtz, Erica, Emmen († 2006)
• Cor - Cornelius Petrus van der Vyver († 1975)
• Gerardus Francicus Cornelis Maria Kooyman, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Aafke Agema, Kollum († 2011)
• Ir Willem Jan HOMAN, Zwolle, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annie Dercon, Herenthout († 2005)
• Judith Kay Shirley, Trenton Grun, Missouri († 1988)

• Aaltje Vreeland Pront (53), Auschwitz
• Aaltje van den Brink (86), Putten
• Abraham Italiaander (73), Auschwitz, Krakow, Poland
• Aafje Plat (59), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham (Benjamin) Benavente (67), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) (POL)
• Adofina Sophia From (64), Auschwitz, Polen
• Aaltje Vreeland Pront (53), Auschwitz
• Abraham Engelander (70), Auschwitz-Birkenau (Oswiecim) (Polen)
• Aaltje Coster (69), Auschwitz-Katowice (Polen)
• Abraham Pardo (64), Auschwitz, Polen

• 1940 » John Byrne Cooke, American author and photographer († 2017)
• 1940 » Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete and coach († 1995)
• 1941 » Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
• 1941 » Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Stephanie Cole, English actress
• 1942 » Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter († 2012)
• 1942 » Richard Street, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1943 » Ben Cardin, American lawyer and politician
• 1943 » Michael Morpurgo, English author, poet, and playwright
• 1943 » Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1936 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
• 1940 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1941 » Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
• 1950 » Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)

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.
• March 1 » World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
• May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
• 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.
• July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
• November 22 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
• December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

The temperature on October 5, 1942 was between 8.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.