About the day » Saturday April 11, 1942Calender converter

• Mildred Jean Smith, Holt, Delhi Twn.Ingham Co. Michigan († 1966)
• Marijke Adriana Gezina ten Kate, Sappemeer († 2011)
• Gerard Groenendijk, Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Jan Nienhuis († 2006)
• corrie van de Broek, Rijsbergen († 2018)
• Aldo José Michels, São João do Capivari, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2006)
• Adelino Garcia († 2019)
• Foppe Gossens Buijl, Terschelling († 1976)
• anna elisabeth maria gerarda verkoelen, helden-beringe
• Hilchien Aaltje Koning, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)

• Albert Koerts Schonewille (73), Hoogeveen
• Arnolds, Rafaël Rijkschroeff (62), Batavia (Java), Ned. Indie)
• Anna Catharina Hellemons (89), Bergen op Zoom
• Arrie Elizabeth Jackson Smith (67), Lott, Falls, Texas, United States
• Aafje Schouten (66), Venhuizen, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Cleveringa (62), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje VEENDIJK (33), Enschede
• Agneta MOLEN, van de (84), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abram Maarseveen (69), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Cleveringa (62), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » Col Firmin, Australian politician († 2013)
• 1940 » Thomas Harris, American author and screenwriter
• 1940 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor († 1998)
• 1941 » Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author
• 1941 » Shirley Stelfox, English actress († 2015)
• 1942 » Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 2014)
• 1942 » Hattie Gossett, American writer
• 1942 » James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
• 1943 » Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer († 2019)
• 1943 » John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician

• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
13. Jacob
14. Gerardus
15. Johan
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
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 23 » World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.
• March 3 » World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
• March 12 » The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
• June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.

The temperature on April 11, 1942 was between 4.3 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.