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• Cock Janssen, Dordrecht († 1997)
• Andrew William Connoy, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota († 2001)
• Jacobus van den Idsert, Alkmaar († 2012)
• Dirk Willem Mozes, De Waal (Texel, NH) († 2014)
• Carolyn Jean DeGroot, Ellsworth, Michigan († 1986)
• Arie van der Maarl, Abbenes († 1972)
• Aaltje Middelveld, Zuidwolde († 2017)
• Antje van der Copinga, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2017)
• doodgeboren Gerven, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant († 1942)
• Jan Wanders, Musselkanaal Stadskanaal Groningen Nederland († 2010)

• Anna Marie Wellbrock (84), East Peoria, Tazewell, Illinois
• Agnes Maria van Dijk (68), Schalkwijk, Gemeente Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthony Joseph Gebben (0)
• Albert Berge (78), Emmen
• Aaltje van de Kleut (63), Leiden
• Alida Hendrica de Wit (72)
• Adriaan Roelands (82), Zundert
• Antonia van Lavieren (21), Echteld
• Aaltje Duker (73), Rhee, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia van der Burg (57), Rotterdam

• 1940 » Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health († 2019)
• 1940 » Phil Lesh, American bassist
• 1941 » Carolyn Hansson, Canadian materials engineer
• 1941 » Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1943 » David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author
• 1943 » Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop († 2014)
• 1943 » Sly Stone, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1943 » The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor
• 1944 » Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner and politician

• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
13. Jacob
14. Gerardus
15. Johan
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
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 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
• 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.
• March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
• July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
• August 17 » World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
• October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

The temperature on March 15, 1942 was between 2.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.