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• Marinus Bruinzeel, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Johannes Arnoldus Josephus (Jan) van Kleef, Schiedam († 1997)
• Levenloos Kind Wilhelmusz Govers, Rotterdam, zh.nld († 1942)
• Aria Bogerd, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Johannes Antonius Petrus Bennebroek, Den Haag († 1998)
• Pieter Sosef, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Marinus Bruinzeel, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Joe Nuyen, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, VS († 2014)
• Noreen Linda Peters, Aplington, Butler County, Iowa († 2021)
• Pieter Schaaphok, Groningen († 1996)

• Antoinetta Heuvering (0), Vlijmen
• Adrien Auguste Jacquet (40), 75020 Paris
• Anthonia de Bruin (77), Utrecht
• Antje de Ridder (87), Rijnsburg
• Alice A Mallon (65), Killeeshil, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Anna Gudula Tulleners (68), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Margje Booij (60), Enschede
• Martens (0), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alphons Schoenlank (70), Thereisenstadt Ghetto
• Albertus Eijbersen (71), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (Canada)

• 1939 » Francis Fox, Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada
• 1939 » Yael Dayan, Israeli journalist, author, and politician
• 1940 » Willie Brown, American football player, coach, and manager († 2019)
• 1941 » Mike England, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1941 » Tom McGuinness, English guitarist, songwriter, author, and producer
• 1942 » Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Icelandic political scientist and academic
• 1943 » Wayne Allard, American veterinarian and politician
• 1944 » Botho Strauß, German author and playwright
• 1944 » Dionysis Savvopoulos, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo († 2006)

• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1953 » Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
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.
• February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
• March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
• March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
• April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
• June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
• July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.

The average temperature on December 2, 1942 was 2.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.