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• Gosen Dirk Steven Fokker, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2017)
• Gerardus Maria Meskers, Hillegom († 1943)
• Angela Maria Emma Gerdes, GroBraschen, Brandenburg, Germany († 2011)
• Jochem van der Hout († 2018)
• Edward Leslie Thompson, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Maria Alexine van Lynden, Bern, Zwitserl († 1942)
• Gerrit Zijlstra, Echten, dr.nld († 1942)
• Adriaan Kooiman († 2011)
• David Henry Junker, Chickasaw County, Iowa († 2018)
• Aloijsius Theodoor Maria Tenbült, Bladel († 1946)

• Adriana Verstijlen (79), Rotterdam
• Aaltjen Wegman (84), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Ketelaar (82), Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Antje Elizabeth Stam (62), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Immink (55), Leiden
• Anna Kuiper (79), Groningen
• Adriaan Vermeulen (77), Dordrecht
• Anna Geertruida Elisabeth Borghoff (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Gertrud Sporken (62), Kerkrade (L
• Alexander James Louis graaf van Bylandt (85), Cannes,06400,Alpes-Maritimes,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France

• 1938 » Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer († 2018)
• 1939 » Gerry Goffin, American songwriter († 2014)
• 1940 » Mick Staton, American soldier and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1942 » Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1943 » Alan Rubin, American trumpet player († 2011)
• 1943 » Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
• 1944 » Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1944 » Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician († 2016)
• 1946 » Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager († 2007)

• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
• 1958 » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
• 1963 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1963 » Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1932)

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.
• May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
• June 21 » World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
• July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
• July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
• November 13 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

The temperature on February 11, 1942 was between -6.3 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.