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• Elisabeth Adriana Phoelich, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Johannes Gijsbertus de Groen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Alida Frederika Ykema, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Hettie Jane Boyce Thomas, North Carolina († 1971)
• N.N. Brouwer, Leeuwarden († 1942)
• Gerardus Kroes, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1942)
• Andre Lagaert, Oosterzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Dennis Lyle Berry, Minot, ND, U.S.A († 2008)
• Pieter klijn († 2005)
• Marcel Charles Diaz-Gomez († 2016)

• Arnoldus Forrer (75), Ilpendam
• Carolus Ludovicus Spiessens (46), Bornem
• Bernardus Johannes VISSERS (75), Zevenbergen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna catharina Duursema (0), Waterberg Transvaal Z.Afrika
• Catharina Wolf (62), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• ALICE DELWART (10), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Adrianus van Falier (44), Eindhoven
• Berend Hegen (20), Groningen
• Albert Franklin Wineburner (78), California, United States
• Adrianus Kraal (22), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1940 » John Suchet, English journalist and game show host
• 1940 » Ray Davis, American bass singer († 2005)
• 1941 » Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Bob Lurtsema, American football player
• 1942 » Scott Wilson, American actor († 2018)
• 1943 » Chad Allan, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Eric Idle, English actor and comedian
• 1943 » John Major, English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1943 » Vangelis, Greek keyboard player and songwriter

• 1924 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)

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.
• January 26 » World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
• February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
• May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
• November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
• December 2 » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
• December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

The temperature on March 29, 1942 was between 1.6 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.