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• Günther Franz Wandhöfer, Bottrop, Duitsland († 1993)
• Annie Beunekens, Sint-Truiden, België († 2001)
• Jean Pierre Rousseau († 1953)
• Hendrikus Leonardus Hermanus van Os, Enschede († 2011)
• Joseph Alfred Detzler, Doon, Ontario, Canada @ home († 2006)
• Els Kikkert, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Franciscus Hendricus (Frans) Kersten, Winterswijk-Meddo († 2021)
• Joannes Gerardus Theodorus van As, Gilze en Rijen († 1942)
• Gijsbertus Vial, Apeldoorn († 1942)
• Lambert Lormans, Bilzen († 1980)

• Aagje Maria Koppenol (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wanningen (83), Dwingeloo
• Anna Hendrika Poot (79), Amersfoort
• Anita Pereira Ferraz (55), Brasil
• Anna Maria Krewinkel (62)
• Adriana Willemijna Uijl (64), Zierikzee gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Albert Jan Wibbelink (46), Deventer
• Anna Maria Hecklinger (46), Arnhem
• Adriana Fransiscus Cornelia Heerkens (67), Tilburg
• Aldegonda van der Ouderaa (89)

• 1941 » Dave Berry, English pop singer
• 1941 » Gigi Perreau, American actress and director
• 1941 » Stephen Albert, American pianist and composer († 1992)
• 1942 » Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov Ismail oghlu, Azerbaijani philosopher and academic
• 1942 » Charlie Coles, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1942 » James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
• 1942 » Sarah Brady, American activist and author († 2015)
• 1942 » Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer († 2012)
• 1943 » Fabian Forte, American pop singer and actor
• 1943 » Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress

• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
• 1958 » victims of the Munich air disaster
• 1963 » Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)
• 1964 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)

• 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 26 » World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
• March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
• April 3 » World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
• April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
• April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
• May 12 » World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.

The temperature on February 6, 1942 was between -9.1 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.