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• Herman van Middelkoop, De Steeg († 2022)
• Johan van de Kolk, Garderen († 1991)
• Hetty van der Keemel, Schiedam († 2010)
• James Frederick Jeffries, Georgia († 1985)
• Berend Everts, Hollandscheveld († 2024)
• Corrie Kik († 1982)
• Arlene Kay Dunlap († 2012)
• Jan Visch, Oldebroek, Gld, NL († 2020)
• Hendrik Masselink, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Adrianus Joannes van Geel, Nieuw Vossemeer († 1953)

• Antonia Wilhelmina Tubbing (72), Arnhem Gelderland Nederland
• Annie L McDaid McDavitt (65), Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Goossens (82), Den Dungen, Sint-Michielsgestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagtje de Haan (83), Leens
• Albert de Jonge (78), Winschoten
• Annie Comfort VARNER (86)
• Adriaantje Bos (57)
• Abraham Jacob Da Costa (68)
• Alexander Blaukopf (48), Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Adrianus van Aggelen (86), Den Dungen

• 1939 » Joan Brady, American-British author
• 1939 » Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea († 2016)
• 1940 » Gary Gilmore, American murderer († 1977)
• 1940 » Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
• 1941 » Marty Riessen, American tennis player and coach
• 1942 » Bob Mosley, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1944 » Anna McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer († 1983)
• 1944 » François Migault, French race car driver († 2012)

• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)

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.
• February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
• February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
• September 21 » The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
• October 26 » World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
• October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
• December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

The temperature on December 4, 1942 was between -4.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.