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• Christiaan Hermanus Daanen, Boxmeer († 2009)
• franciscus johannes joseph (frans) pubben, helden-dorp († 1995)
• Geertruida Hogeweg, Winterswijk († 2003)
• Hinderikus Gerhard Albers, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)
• Gabino Tapia, Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas, United States of America († 2010)
• Luurt Hendrik Busz, Glimmen (gem. Groningen) († 1983)
• Antonia Catharina Brink, Apeldoorn {GE} († 1946)
• Luurt Hendrik Busz, Glimmen, Haren,, Groningen, Nederland († 1983)
• Astrid Maria Dongs, Wuppertal (Duitsland) († 2018)
• Lieuwken van der Veen, Rottevalle (gemeente Achtkarspelen) († 2001)

• Aart van Soest (76), Strijen
• Annie Holloway (76)
• Arie HOOIMEIJER (77), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendina Jolink (83), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Margaretha van der Beek (83), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Nefkens (81), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia (To) Oonincx (40)
• Liskamp (0), Nijmegen
• Antonia Johanna Maria KOOPER (53), Borculo (Gld.)
• Arie Schenk (84), Barsingerhorn

• 1940 » Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan († 2006)
• 1941 » David Gross, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, English politician
• 1942 » Cyrus Chothia, English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology († 2019)
• 1942 » Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman
• 1942 » Paul Krause, American football player and politician
• 1942 » Will Provine, American biologist, historian, and academic († 2015)
• 1943 » Homer Hickam, American author and engineer
• 1943 » Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 » Tim Hunt, English biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate

• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

• 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 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
• June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
• June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
• July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
• August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.

The temperature on February 19, 1942 was between -7.2 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.