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• Gijsbertus Adrianus de Ridder, Leusden († 1942)
• Cornelis (Nelis) van de Nieuwelaar, ,, Haaren, Nederland († 1995)
• Hr. Cornelis Johannes Adrianus Bertens, Berkel-Enschot († 2021)
• Henricus Maria Joseph Eygenraam, Venlo († 2020)
• Edward Franklin Bakker, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2021)
• Garry Elsworth Olson, Emmetsburg, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Gerardus Antonius Joseph Grooten, Nieuw Heeten († 2023)
• Jan Buter, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 1968)
• Irene Louise Cornelisdr. Kuit († 1967)
• Jan van Zonneveld, Appingedam († 1942)

• Angelo Passaro (88), Holtrop, Duitsland
• Adrianus Marinus Kerssen (88), Almelo
• Aelian Ondaatje (68), Ceylon Colombo-West Indie
• berend jan brinkers (77), enschede
• Catharina Theresia Anna Willekens, Tilburg
• Catharina Louisa Harting (56), 's-Gravenhage
• Augustus Van Butsele (86), Ninove, België
• Benjamin August Nowak (66)
• Carolina Barendina Tuijnenburg (76), Gouda
• Bartha Rekers (85), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1939 » Ali MacGraw, American model and actress
• 1939 » Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager
• 1940 » Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1941 » Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, coach, and manager († 2018)
• 1941 » Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician († 2012)
• 1942 » Richard D. Wolff, American economist and academic
• 1942 » Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic
• 1943 » Dafydd Wigley, Welsh academic and politician
• 1946 » Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security
• 1946 » Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer († 1997)

• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1922 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
• 1924 » Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)

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 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
• June 4 » World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
• November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
• December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
• December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

The temperature on April 1, 1942 was between 6.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.