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• Cynthia Gay Black, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Gien Oosterhuis († 2007)
• Alfons J.E. van der Valk, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Henricus Jozef Maathuis, Geesteren († 2021)
• Bronne Jan Scheper, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Jan Vermeer, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Aaltje Molenaar, Oost-Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Cecil Doraine Meiser († 2002)
• Eugene Poetiray, Surabaja, Nederlands-Indië († 2005)
• Ida Cornelia PHILIPPO († 2002)

• Aloysius Hermann Donk (32), Bij de torpedering van de "Poulau Bras"
• Adriana Feddes (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Feddes (81), Utrecht
• Adrianus Van Leeuwen (Zoetemelk) (43), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje (Hendriks) Riewerts (84), Sint Maartensvlotbrug, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aagje Kooij (87), Strijen
• Adriaan van Waarde (75), Zeist
• Alberta Johanna Aldenkamp (76), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Blom (72), Amsterdam
• Alpheus Henry Dales (71), Ontario, Canada

• 1939 » Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
• 1941 » Piers Paul Read, English historian and author
• 1942 » Michael Eisner, American businessman
• 1942 » Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host († 2007)
• 1943 » Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1944 » Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer
• 1944 » Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1997)
• 1945 » Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician († 2006)
• 1945 » Bob Herbert, American journalist

• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)
• 1949 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1887)

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.
• February 8 » World War II: Dutch Colonial Army General Destruction Unit (AVC, Algemene Vernielings Corps) burns Banjarmasin, South Borneo to avoid Japanese capture.
• February 8 » World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
• February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
• March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
• June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
• 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.

The temperature on March 7, 1942 was between -4.3 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.