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• Cornelis Jacobus van HEEREN, Dubbeldam († 2004)
• Ivonne Bassant, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Johan Frederik Wulff, Koekange (De Wijk), De Wolden († 1999)
• Douglas Lamont Varns, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota († 1997)
• Gerarda Josephina Maria Ebben, Loo († 1942)
• Edna Sofie Hansen, Bodin, Bodø († 2009)
• Jacob Parlevliet, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adrianus Cornelius van Halteren, Prinsenbeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• gertruda francisca (truus) korsten, helden-beringe
• Geesien Gelijk, Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland († 2018)

• Adolfo Osvaldo Lampe (1), Aruba
• Adrianus van STRIEN (80), Raamsdonk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Couprie (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie de Ruiter (45), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Seinen (68), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Huberta Gooren (60), Tegelen, Li.NL
• Aafke Doorn (75), Stedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Couprie (83), Amsterdam
• Adriana Krouwel (77), Tiel
• Anna Joosten (68), Lula (Hoogezand-Gr)

• 1939 » Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1941 » Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
• 1941 » Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1943 » Blythe Danner, American actress
• 1943 » Dennis Edwards, American soul/R&B singer († 2018)
• 1943 » Eric Haydock, English bass player († 2019)
• 1943 » Shawn Phillips, American-South African singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Bob Griese, American football player and sportscaster
• 1945 » Johnny Cymbal, Scottish-American singer-songwriter and producer († 1993)

• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
• 1956 » Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (b. 1916)
• 1959 » The Day the Music Died

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. Annie

• 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.
• May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
• June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
• June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
• 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.
• December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.

The temperature on February 3, 1942 was between -17.4 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -10.6 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.