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• Johannes van der Hoek, Westerbork,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1942)
• Cornelia Dievera Alida Nuijens, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Irene Paule Aimée Brugman, Amsterdam
• Catharina Ida Elisabeth Johanna WIERING, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Arie Muilwijk († 1994)
• Johanna L.R.M. van Rijswijk, Oosterhout († 2012)
• Bob (Bobby) Matzinger, Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Bep Schoenmakers, Groot Linden
• Buford Lee Pennell, Wilkes († 1947)
• Gerard Gottlobs Moleman, Santpoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)

• Arij Nicolaï (67), Wolfenbüttel (Duitsland)
• Apolonia vd Hoeven (79), Noordwijk, Nederland
• Ann Rebecca LEMASTER (67), Rome,GA
• Adriana van Hussen (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie de Jongh (50), Tiel
• Arthur Joseph van Damme (35), Terneuzen
• Andrieske Maria van Bakel (25), Heemstede
• Apolonia Hoeven van der (79), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Anna Ritchi (70), Maastricht
• Adriana van Hussen (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1937 » Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor († 2012)
• 1938 » Mack Jones, American baseball player († 2004)
• 1939 » Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist († 2019)
• 1939 » Michael Schwerner, American activist († 1964)
• 1940 » Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
• 1941 » Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1999)
• 1941 » Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2016)
• 1946 » George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 2017)
• 1946 » Sally Field, American actress
• 1948 » Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 2016)

• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)

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.
• January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
• February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
• May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
• August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
• October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
• 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.

The temperature on November 6, 1942 was between 7.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.