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• Post, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Heintje van Diest, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Barry Kappel, Brooklyn, New York City (Kings County) (New York) († 2013)
• Annechien Smidt, Sleen († 1945)
• Gerrit Kroon, Rotterdam († 1987)
• Delores Ilene Kooiman, Mille Lacs Co., Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Alida Bakker, Obdam
• Everardus Johannes Antonius Elbertse, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2020)
• Astrid Eebes, Haarlem (Noord-Holland) († 1942)
• Frederiks Anastasius Maria Viscaal, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2001)

• Bloeme Swart (68), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Clement van Eijsden (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Berendsen (25), Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Aaltje Timmer (65), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Cornelis van Antwerpen (30), Meppel
• Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Mosseveld (32), Salzgitter-Heerte
• Charlotte Sowerbutts (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Jane Bailey (64), Rappville, NSW, Australia
• Adriana Maria DE VET (53), Gilze Rijen,Gilze en Rijen Municipality,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Clasina van den Bosch (79), Noordwijkerhout

• 1939 » Kathryn Joosten, American actress († 2012)
• 1939 » Kim Weston, American soul singer
• 1940 » Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club
• 1942 » Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player († 2002)
• 1942 » Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist
• 1942 » Michael P. Johnson, American sociologist
• 1942 » Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan († 2015)
• 1944 » Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer
• 1944 » Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist
• 1945 » Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 » Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)

• 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.
• May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
• August 7 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
• 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 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
• November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
• December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.

The temperature on December 20, 1942 was between 3.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.