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• Cornelia Jacoba Verhoek, Hengelo († 2008)
• Jo Molin, Maastricht, Nederland († 2007)
• Gabe de Vries († 1998)
• Carla Francani, Lentate Sul Seveso
• Cecilia Anne Mehrer († 1987)
• Antonia Groen, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Catharina Brilleman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adeline Vangeertruyden, Zichen-Zussen-Bolder, België († 1991)
• Jochem Jan Oskam († 1954)
• Jochem Jan Oskam, Werkhoven,Gemeente Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1954)

• Berendina Perik (70), Delden-Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Smeulders (72), Tilburg
• Alfredo Bauer (56), Jaú, São Paulo, Brasil
• Bastiaan Christiaan Rebergen (53), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Benjamin O'Neill Fox (65), Wisconsin, United States of America
• Berendina Maria Francisca Zewald (44), Noordwijk, Nederland
• Adam Ketel (59), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland des voormiddags om zeven uur
• Adriana Elisabeth Smeulders (72), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Abraham STOUWER (77), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Have (23), Utrecht

• 1940 » Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor († 1994)
• 1941 » Ernesto Miranda, American criminal († 1976)
• 1941 » Jim Colbert, American golfer
• 1942 » Ion Caramitru, Romanian actor and artistic director
• 1942 » Mark Lindsay, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer
• 1943 » Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author († 2008)
• 1944 » Lee Irvine, South African cricketer
• 1945 » Robert Calvert, English singer-songwriter and playwright († 1988)
• 1945 » Robin Trower, English rock guitarist and vocalist
• 1946 » Alexandra Bastedo, English actress († 2014)

• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)

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 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
• February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
• May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
• 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.
• December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

The temperature on March 9, 1942 was between -1.6 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.