About the day » Monday December 28, 1942Calender converter

• Lawrence Martin Richey, Youngstown, Trumbull, Ohio, United States († 1990)
• Grace Duncan († 1970)
• Gaar van Vlaanderen, Volendam, Nederland († 2011)
• Doodgeboren kind van der Lee, Tilburg († 1942)
• Klaas van Harten, Nijkerk († 2013)
• Piet-Heyn Frank Marie Benthem van, Nijmegen, Gld, Nederland († 2008)
• Maraidith Rinelsa Flores, Joinvile, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1984)
• Hielkje de Jong, Idskenhuizen († 2021)
• Henricus Johannes Cornelis Iding, Veldhoven († 2009)
• Mary Ellen Brouwer, West Olive, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Aloijsius Johannes Maria Ganzeboom (69), Rotterdam
• Antje Blaauw (87), Finsterwolde gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Adriana Mensen (90), Dordrecht
• Aleida Sophia Rijks (76), Deventer
• Anna Maria Rosalia Beckers (72), Wijer, 3850, Hasselt
• Arie Kappetijn (94), Bergambacht, Nederland
• Aldegondis Theeuwen (63), Belfeld, Limburg, Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes de Reus (0), Velsen
• Alexander Wolder (63), Apeldoorn
• Anton van den Heuvel (60), Gorinchem

• 1940 » A. K. Antony, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
• 1940 » Don Francisco, Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
• 1941 » Intikhab Alam, Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1942 » Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
• 1943 » David Peterson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario
• 1943 » Joan Ruddock, Welsh politician
• 1943 » Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal
• 1944 » Johnny Isakson, American sergeant and politician
• 1944 » Kary Mullis, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1944 » Sandra Faber, American astronomer and academic

• 1932 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)

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.
• May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
• May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
• June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
• July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
• July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
• July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.

The temperature on December 28, 1942 was between -6.6 °C and -1.9 °C and averaged -4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.