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• Henricus Gerardus Schriks, Ravenstein († 1944)
• Hendrika Maria van der Valk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Heinrich Bernard Johan Schomaker, Ter Apel-Vlagtwedde(Gr) († 2021)
• Jan Sloof, Voorschoten († 1942)
• Aaltje Henny Gerda Johanna van Laar, Hardenberg († 2017)
• Aila Bodden Green, La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras († 1972)
• Aleeta Lorraine Cser, Harwinton (Litchfield County) (Connecticut) († 2018)
• John Patrick Mills, Gore († 2008)
• Elisabeth Ettje ( Betty) Robbe († 2012)
• Klaas Jans Apperlo († 1997)

• Alberdina Gezina PRINS (75), Winschoten
• Aaltje Hanouwer (73), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Abraham de Lieme (53), Auschwitz
• Aart van As (79), Rotterdam, 3000, Nederland
• Amanda G Gilley (79), Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander Winter (70), Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
• Abraham Trompetter (63), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Adriana Helena Henrica van Hulten (20), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Anna Does (69), Goes
• Aagje Slop (82), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1940 » Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1941 » Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager
• 1941 » Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1998)
• 1941 » Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
• 1942 » Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter († 2015)
• 1942 » Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1970)
• 1942 » Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic
• 1943 » Jil Sander, German fashion designer
• 1943 » Nicole Brossard, Canadian author and poet
• 1944 » Mickey Leland, American activist and politician († 1989)

• 1931 » Lya De Putti, Slovak-American actress (b. 1899)
• 1934 » Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
• 1936 » Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)
• 1944 » Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1955 » Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (b. 1892)

• 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: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
• May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
• June 21 » World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
• July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
• September 9 » World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
• November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

The temperature on November 27, 1942 was between 5.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.