About the day » Tuesday December 29, 1942Calender converter

• Donald Gosse, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin († 2005)
• Francis Larry Dowd, Jr, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Christina Leuntje Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Keesje BOGERS († 1943)
• Bonne Jonas Sijtsma, Opeinde († 2017)
• Meyer Eduard Frits Poons, Kamp Westerbork, Westerbork, Hooghalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• Maria Hilde Breesch, Sint-Truiden, België († 2017)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1942)
• Albert Jan Kobus, Winterswijk († 1986)
• Jan ten Caat, Hoogeveen nederland († 1990)

• Anton Dellemijn (50), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Johanna de Ronde (59), Rotterdam
• Annie J. Elizabeth Upham (67), Halifax Road, Colchester, NS
• Albert Charles Cone (68), Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Antonius Josephus van Lier (25), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Alida Petronella Dolman (66), Bussum, Gemeente Bussem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Camila VERKUIJL (74), Leuven(B)
• Abraham Risseeuw (74), Retranchement, Zeeland, NL
• Abraham de Bruin (91)
• Alida Turksma (61), Amsterdam

• 1938 » Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster
• 1939 » Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player († 2018)
• 1942 » Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal
• 1942 » Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor († 2012)
• 1943 » Bill Aucoin, American talent manager († 2010)
• 1943 » Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
• 1943 » Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer († 1999)
• 1944 » Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer
• 1945 » Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 († 2001)

• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)

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. 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 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
• February 8 » World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
• March 31 » World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
• June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
• September 20 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In the course of two days a German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv.
• October 9 » Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.

The temperature on December 29, 1942 was between -2.0 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.