About the day » Monday December 14, 1942Calender converter

• Doodgeboren dochter Pulles, Waalwijk († 1942)
• Jan Paul De Backer, Heist-op-den-Berg († 1943)
• Johanna Theodora van de Dood, Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1944)
• Albert Brink († 2023)
• Wichert Borst, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Willem Oldenburger, Peize,, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Lambertus, Bertus Zoelman, Tweede Exloërmond († 2006)
• Maria Paulina Johanna Cornelia SPRONK, Eindhoven († 2013)
• Theodorus Petrus Vries, de, Sneek († 1947)
• Nathan de Groot, Den Haag († 1943)

• Antonius Kuijpers (59), Helvoirt
• Aron Albert* Jordan (70), Terezín, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia
• Albert Huisman (75), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaantje Rochat (60), sprang-capelle
• * Machiel de Leeuw (63), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Boendermaker (83), Velsen
• Albert Huisman (75), Steenwijk
• Arnold Anthonie de Graaff (48), Hengelo
• Angela Pulles (0), Waalwijk
• Bastiaan Nicolaas DE RAADT (29)

• 1939 » Ann Cryer, English academic and politician
• 1940 » Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant
• 1941 » Ellen Willis, American journalist, critic, and academic († 2006)
• 1941 » Karan Armstrong, American soprano and actress
• 1942 » Chris Harris, English actor and director († 2014)
• 1942 » Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1943 » Emmett Tyrrell, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded The American Spectator
• 1943 » Tommy McAvoy, Scottish politician
• 1944 » Denis Thwaites, English professional footballer murdered in the 2015 Sousse attacks (died 2015)
• 1944 » Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham, English businessman, founded DFS

• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870)

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. Anna
4. Cornelia
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 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
• February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
• July 19 » World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
• September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
• October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
• November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.

The temperature on December 14, 1942 was between 6.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.