About the day » Monday November 2, 1942Calender converter

• Guy Martin Tuchscher, Colorado († 1943)
• Eline Irene Leeuwen van, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2004)
• Eline Irene van Leeuwen, 's-Gravenhage († 2004)
• Mathilde Roelfina Borgers, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1942)
• David Rottink, Butler Center Iowa († 2014)
• Gerardina Catharina Linschoten, Casteren († 1944)
• Christoffel (Chris) van Nieuwburg, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• N.N. van Sleeuwen, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Carlos Franco, Big Spring H, Texas († 1991)
• Jaenette Nettie van der Klei, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2011)

• Alida Maria Louis Joseph DE SMEDT, Terneuzen,,Zeeland,PAYS BAS
• Andries Hendrik Willem Selleger (47), Moji, Japan
• Alexander Hammerstein (66), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amalia Bamberg (59), Auschwitz
• Abraham Meijer (55), Auschwitz
• Alida Mok (57), Auschwitz
• (Stillborn) KRUIZINGA (0), Vlagtwedde Groningen Netherlands
• Alexander Johannes Warnas (35), Atlantische Oceaan
• Ada Watts (61), Holmesdale Hospital, Sevenoaks, Kent
• Alton Carlye Baldwin (39)

• 1940 » Jim Bakken, American football player
• 1940 » Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player
• 1941 » Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications
• 1941 » Brian Poole, English pop-rock singer
• 1941 » Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » Dave Stockton, American golfer
• 1942 » Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator
• 1942 » Stefanie Powers, American actress
• 1944 » Keith Emerson, English pianist, keyboard player, and composer († 2016)
• 1944 » Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)

• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)

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. Cornelia
4. Anna
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.
• May 12 » World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
• August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
• October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
• November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.
• December 10 » World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
• December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

The temperature on November 2, 1942 was between 5.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.