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• Nicolaas Jozeph Besseling, Abbekerk, De Weere († 2005)
• Aafje Janna Gerda Buijs, Den Helder († 2014)
• Eileen Janice Boden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada († 1993)
• Dirk Johannes Beverloo, Deil († 2016)
• Leentje Quellhorst, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 2015)
• Antoon Adriaan Ramaker, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Neil Elmer Covalt, Needmore, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 2002)
• Caroline Lucile Friesenborg († 1942)
• Marianne Irma Anna Hilke, Stettin (Polen) († 2006)
• Gerharda Everdina Slijkhuis, Epe († 1989)

• Aartje Bouman (72), Heerde
• Adrianus Barlo (62), Utrecht
• van der Veen (0), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana de Kwant
• Adriaan Meeusen (71), Turnhout B
• Abraham Willem Justus Herman SCHOUTEN (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha Stam (71), Wormerveer, NL
• Albert Brochard (34), Krawang, Java, Ned. Indië
• van der Sangen (0), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus de Vries (69), Soekaboemi, NOI

• 1941 » David Satcher, American admiral and physician, 16th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1941 » John Cornell, Australian actor, director, and producer
• 1942 » Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1942 » Derek Woodley, English footballer († 2002)
• 1942 » John Irving, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1942 » Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor († 2013)
• 1942 » Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iranian architect and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Iran
• 1943 » George Layton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Peter Straub, American author and poet
• 1943 » Robert Williams, American painter and cartoonist

• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
• 1953 » James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)

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.
• January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
• January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
• October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.

The temperature on March 2, 1942 was between -1.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.