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• joseph cornelis hubertus (jos) absil, helden-dorp
• Malcolm Albert Kittrell <K>5, Florence County, South Carolina († 2013)
• Cornelis de Boer, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Antoinette Goethals, Zomergem († 1942)
• Adriaantje Maaike Koster, Pernis Rotterdam († 2006)
• Geertruida Arieta van Buuren, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Josephus Henricus Maria van Laarhoven, Goirle († 2006)
• Lucas Salomons, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Maurits Wilhelmus Levie, Breda († 2008)
• Kornelis Peene, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1944)

• Adriana Maria van de Rest (51), Rotterdam
• Anna Sylla (77), Burnside, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
• Alfons GIELENS (64), Westmalle
• Antje de Bruijn (30), Kamerik, Nederland
• Anthonius Johannes Waasdorp (2), Haarlem
• Anton ZWAAN (72), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie De Wit (78), Eindhoven
• Arend Nicolaas Willemsen (74), Haarlem
• Alton Basinger Bookout (33), Coral or Java Sea
• Adolf Parmentier (66)

• 1940 » Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, and author († 2018)
• 1940 » Robin Gray, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Tasmania
• 1941 » Robert Hass, American poet
• 1942 » Richard Myers, American general
• 1943 » Gil Amelio, American businessman
• 1943 » José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1943 » Rashid Sunyaev, Russian-German astronomer and physicist
• 1944 » Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal
• 1944 » John Breaux, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1952 » Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)

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. 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.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSHermes and the Australian destroyer HMASVampire.
• April 23 » World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• 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.
• July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
• August 13 » Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

The temperature on March 1, 1942 was between -1.3 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.