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• Jacobus Pieter Willem Sandee, Goes († 1995)
• Nn Meijs, Hoensbroek, Nederland († 1942)
• Johanna Nelemans, Zevenbergen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Kenneth Leslie Leck ALEC01.KEN01, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia († 1997)
• Pieter van Wilgenburg, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Aline Van Camp, Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1992)
• Leonardus Schifferstein, Maastricht († 1998)
• Adrianus Jacobus Gersen, Renswoude († 2008)
• Johan Van der Steen, Utrecht († 2013)
• Wolfgang Wanders, Rostock († 2011)

• Abraham van Eeuwen (43), Leusden
• * Johannes Hendrikus Bernardus Calvelage (86), Haarlem
• Alphonsus ENGELAER (51), Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Abraham van Eeuwen (43), Leusden
• Anna Hoeven (89), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Adrianus Feije Verhoog (80), Leiden
• Antje Jans Honingh (63), Bussum
• Adriana Kerkvliet (91), Alkemade, ZUI, Nederland
• Abraham (Bram) van Eeuwen (43), Leusden, Nederland
• Allegonda van de Ven (75), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1939 » Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist
• 1940 » Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician († 1999)
• 1940 » Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
• 1941 » Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter († 2011)
• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• 1941 » Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist

• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

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.
• March 1 » World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
• March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces gave ultimatum to Dutch East Indies Governor General Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, to unconditionally surrender.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSOhio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
• September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
• November 4 » World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
• November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.

The temperature on February 8, 1942 was between -17.4 °C and -5.1 °C and averaged -9.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.