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• Geertje Egberdina Rodriquez Jansen († 2004)
• Thersia Bus († 1943)
• Eric Maria Edmondus DECKERS, Wuustwezel, 11053, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1991)
• Tjalling Sjoukes Tjalsma, Nijland, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Marvis Jeanette Simmons, district Stad, Curaçao, Ned. Antillen († 1942)
• Nico Pieter Aggelen van, Haarlem († 2011)
• Tjalling Tjalsma, Nijland († 1997)
• Judith Claire Vanston († 2014)
• Gijsbertus Franciscus Middelman, Breda
• Beatrix Gerardine Maria Jenny de Kuyper, Vught,Gemeente Vught,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1967)

• Abraham Piller (72), Auschwitz, Hitler
• Abram Maarseveen (70), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Mulder Kanter (61), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Adolf Rosenwald (76), Theresienstadt CC, Czech Republic
• Aaltje Rijkens (83), Groningen
• Adolf Hoedt (43), Kokura, Japan
• Abraham Reiss (67), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Aaltje Roodveldt (76), Auschwitz
• Abel BARRAL (37), Montélimar,26200,Drôme,Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Aaltje Kopee (63), Auschwitz (PL)

• 1940 » Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
• 1942 » Alex Johnson, American baseball player († 2015)
• 1942 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1942 » Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer († 2006)
• 1943 » Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician
• 1943 » John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot
• 1943 » Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
• 1943 » Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
• 1944 » Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer

• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)

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. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
16. Annie

• 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 capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• June 23 » World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
• July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
• 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 22 » World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.

The temperature on December 7, 1942 was between 4.3 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.