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• Ans Barghoorn († 2002)
• N.N. Trines, Breda († 1942)
• Karin Weitendorf, Hamburg, Hamburg († 1942)
• Maria Johanna Cornelissen, Valburg († 1942)
• Alfonsina Margaretha Breugelmans, Kalmthout (BE) († 2000)
• Johannes Arie Zaal, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1997)
• Feike Joseph Hoogma, Bolsward († 2013)
• Jean-Claude PIRARD, Herstal (Luik) (B) († 1990)
• Maria Johanna VAN DEN BURG, Noordwijk († 1987)
• Dixie Lee DUGAN, San Bernardino,San Bernardino,Californie,ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE († 2015)

• Abraham van Delden (77), Arnhem
• Aaltje Strikwerda (75), Vlagtwedde
• Arend Jan Overmeen (84), Markelo, Hof van Twente,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Gelderblom (78)
• Andreas Frankin (81), Oost Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Johannes Balder (59), Amsterdam
• Adriaan Nieuwburg (64), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Judy Roberts (67), Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico, United States
• Alida Johanna Koster (79), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Agnes Henriette Labouchere (69), Doorn,Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug,Utrecht,Netherlands

• 1939 » Meg Wynn Owen, Welsh actress
• 1941 » Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress
• 1942 » Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican-American jockey
• 1942 » Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer and sportscaster
• 1943 » Martin Peters, English footballer and manager († 2019)
• 1944 » Bonnie Bramlett, American singer and actress
• 1945 » Arduino Cantafora, Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and author
• 1945 » Don Murray, American drummer († 1996)
• 1945 » Joseph James DeAngelo, American serial killer
• 1945 » John Farrar, Australian-born music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist

• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)

• 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)
• January 23 » World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.
• February 8 » World War II: Dutch Colonial Army General Destruction Unit (AVC, Algemene Vernielings Corps) burns Banjarmasin, South Borneo to avoid Japanese capture.
• March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
• April 23 » World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
• July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.

The temperature on November 8, 1942 was between 3.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.