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• Maria Louisa Wilhelmina Wahle, Zevenhoven († 2011)
• Cornelia Johanna van Ravenhorst, Ambon, Celebes, Indonesië († 1944)
• Maria Hendriks, de Mortel († 2010)
• Judith Rae Swenson, Ireton, Iowa († 2021)
• Barendina Elisabeth (Diny) Noest, Alphen aan den Rijn, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2023)
• Joann I Billman († 1976)
• Ariën Douma, Andijk († 1942)
• Lodewijk Ferdinand Jozef Adams, Merksplas (België) († 1946)
• Geertje Riemersma, Warfstermolen († 2000)
• Dimas Michels, Grão Pará, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2005)

• Anna Geertrui Wolbers (76), Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Amable Louis "Stanislas" Léon de Girardin (83), Paris
• Alexander Isaak Mossel (87), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberta Elissen (68), Rheden
• Albert Geerts Kloezen (68), Assen
• Anna Maria de Kruijf (74), Oisterwijk
• Anne Elisabeth Langeslag (68), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Jacqueline" Georgine Adèle Marie Yvonne de Galliffet (38), Paris
• Anna Elisabeth Langeslag (68), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Cuylaerts, Beerzel

• 1940 » Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, Mayor of Rotterdam
• 1941 » Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer († 2010)
• 1942 » Carol Lynley, American model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Donald E. Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2016)
• 1942 » Peter Tork, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor († 2019)
• 1943 » Elaine Pagels, American theologian and academic
• 1944 » Jerry Springer, English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati
• 1944 » Stockard Channing, American actress
• 1945 » Marian Dawkins, English biologist and academic

• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
• 1958 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)

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.
• February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
• April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
• June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
• 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.
• November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.
• November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.

The temperature on February 13, 1942 was between 0.2 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.