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• Johannes, Hermanus Polman, Amersfoort († 2012)
• Lucienne Smet, Lokeren, Vlaanderen, België († 1950)
• Leslie James FRENCH († 1999)
• Jacob Polder, Battenoord († 2000)
• Emery Donald Weaver, Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York, United States of America († 1990)
• Levenloos Velseboer, Assendelft († 1942)
• Louis Engelbert Blok, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Adrianus Petrus Alphonsus Lauret, Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 2002)
• Albert Kleinebuul, Avereest († 1945)
• Gerard Ligtenberg, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)

• Arie van den Hoorn (51), Putten
• Bernd Jan van den Barg (71), Enschede
• Caecile Guttmann (77), Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
• Sake Tichelaar (21), Hoogeveen
• Adriana Cornelia Vroomans, Goirle, NL
• Albrecht Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe (73), Linz
• Albert de Schaumbourg-Lippe (73)
• Antje Jacobs Schuurman (71), Hardegarijp
• Annetje Koelewijn (59), Bunschoten
• Antje Jacobs Schuurman (71)

• 1940 » Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author
• 1941 » Kenneth Calman, Scottish physician and academic
• 1942 » Barbara Follett, English politician
• 1942 » Barry Goldberg, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1942 » Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter († 2010)
• 1942 » Françoise Dürr, French tennis player and coach
• 1943 » Hanna Schygulla, German actress
• 1943 » Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
• 1944 » Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1944 » Kenny Everett, British comedian and broadcaster († 1995)

• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1941 » Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
• 1944 » George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (b. 1909)
• 1946 » W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, juggler, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Gaspar G. Bacon, American lawyer and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)
• 1949 » Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)

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. 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 30 » World War II: Battle of Ambon. Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are massacred at Laha airfield. Three-fourths of remaining POWs will not have survived by the end of the war, including 250 men who will be shipped to Hainan Island in South China Sea and never returned.
• May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
• August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
• October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
• November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
• November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.

The temperature on December 25, 1942 was between -2.4 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.