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• Frans Marinus van Arkel, Buren († 2000)
• Jantje Ratering († 2021)
• Cornelia Theresia Karremans, Enkhuizen († 2016)
• Margaret May GINN, Huntly, New Zealand († 1998)
• Petrus andreas Baltissen, Venray († 1942)
• Richard N Powell († 2002)
• dorothy anette Annette liland († 1946)
• Lyle Benjamin Wills († 2007)
• Kindje Schuurman, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• Pieterdina Geesina Kruize, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2019)

• Aaltje Kok (71), Steenwijk
• Aaltje STOLT (60)
• Anthonie Johannes Willemsen (75), Apeldoorn
• Annetje van Gelder (69), Amersfoort
• Anna Maria HELM,VAN DER (62), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van der WOERD (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bax (64), Delft, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van der Helm (62), Delft
• Anna Catharina Aertsen (71), Zandvliet, Provincie Antwerpen
• Aaltje van Duinkerken (74), Barneveld

• 1941 » Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1941 » Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer († 2015)
• 1941 » David Selby, American actor and playwright
• 1941 » Henson Cargill, American country music singer († 2007)
• 1941 » Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1941 » Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1942 » Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman
• 1943 » Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 » Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.

• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
• 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1954 » Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)

• 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.
• March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
• July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
• August 7 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
• November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

The temperature on February 5, 1942 was between -5.6 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.