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• Johannes Lubbertus Beekman, Elburg († 1945)
• John Joseph Doornbos, Chicago (Illinois, USA) († 1980)
• Carroll (Kelly) Lee Bakke Joe, Jason, Krista, Chester, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Antonia Machielsen, Breda († 1943)
• Leendert Siemen Schonewille, Utrecht († 1991)
• Judith J Wagoner († 2002)
• JOHN F. MEIJER († 2000)
• 'n Levenloos geboren kind van van Wieringen, Ter Aar († 1942)
• Donald M. Bastin († 1943)
• Hendrik Jan (Henk) Bronsvoort, Bathmen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)

• Alexander van Coevorden (60), Auschwitz, Nazi extermination camp, Gmina Oświęcim, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
• Abeltje Diederts Sytsma (68), Leeuwarden
• Aaltje Mug (16), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Anna (Hanneke) van Kreveld Kornalijnslijper (5), Oswiecim
• Adriana Johanna van Luijn (77), Utrecht
• Amalia DENNEBOOM (14), Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland
• Abraham Hamburg (5), Auschwitz-Birkenau, Polen-Doodsoorzaak: vermoord
• Abraham Meijer Lavino (24), Mauthausen, 4310, Oostenrijk
• Abraham de Raaij (57), Oświęcim, Polen
• Adam Eduard Polak (13), Conc. kamp Auschwitz te Oswiecim

• 1939 » Lobsang Tenzin, Singaporean religious leader
• 1940 » Elke Sommer, German actress
• 1940 » Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon
• 1941 » Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1943 » Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and author († 2007)
• 1943 » Percy Hobson, Australian high jumper
• 1943 » Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor († 2017)
• 1945 » Peter Pace, American general

• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
• 1942 » George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (b. 1863)
• 1951 » Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
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.
• February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
• July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
• August 6 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
• August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
• November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
• December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

The temperature on November 5, 1942 was between 1.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.