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• Jack Robert Benjamins, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1942)
• Berend Boeve, Ermelo († 2004)
• Engelina Albertha Weishaupt, Emmen († 2013)
• Bernardo Weber, Aguas Mornas, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2004)
• Carolyn A Wibben, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2011)
• Adrianus Theodorus Schouten, Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Cornelis van Oosterom, Alphen aan den Rijn († 2015)
• Folkert de Vries, Woudsend, Friesland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Janna Lena (Janny) Rijsdijk († 2008)
• Christiane Bertha Eduard Van Raemdonck, Tielrode, België († 1942)

• Bernarda Femia Albertha de Lange (31), Zwolle
• Adriana Assenberg (88)
• Arie Guijt (35), Op zee
• Arie Groenendijk (77), Reeuwijk
• Albert van der Linden (60), 's-Gravenhage
• ARiaantje Teunise Naaktgeboren (83), Rotterdam
• Berendina Nagelhout (87), Den Ham
• Antonie Teunisen van der Linde (43), Zwolle
• Antonius Jacobus van der Lans (51), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Jelles van der Schel (73)

• 1938 » Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 2011)
• 1939 » Lorraine Hunt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• 1939 » Orlando Quevedo, Filipino cardinal
• 1940 » Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter († 2019)
• 1942 » Joel Steiger, American director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian and author († 2015)
• 1943 » Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver
• 1945 » Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach († 2008)
• 1945 » Harvey Mandel, American guitarist
• 1946 » Mark Metcalf, American actor and producer

• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)

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.
• February 24 » The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
• 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.
• May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
• July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
• October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
• December 2 » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

The temperature on March 11, 1942 was between -4.1 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.