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• Francine De Bruycker, Moortsele, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2003)
• Gerda Elizabeth de Vries, Rotterdam († 2016)
• Adrianus Hermans, Etten-Leur († 2011)
• Jacobje van Veen, Urk († 2022)
• Marinus Josef Gerardus (Rinus) Broers, Paramaribo Suriname († 2006)
• Jacobje van VEEN, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2022)
• Bernhard Mensink († 2004)
• Irene Annette Johanna Hezemans, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Gustaaf Melis, Westerlo († 2007)
• Henk, Hendrik Jan van Riemsdijk († 2006)

• Celestina Coleta Everaert (71), Zele
• Cäcilia Wolpers (24), Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Scheffer (63)
• Arike Lotens (47), Gameren
• Berendina Berghuis (90), Almelo
• Adriana Van Heumen (25)
• B.W(Barbara) van der Kleij (14), Druten
• Anna Maria Odillia MILISSEN (52), Deurne,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Arie Matthijs Frederik van Soest (50), Rochefort Frankrijk
• Catharina VELLINGA (76), Harlingen Friesland Netherlands

• 1939 » Robert Miller, American art dealer († 2011)
• 1940 » Agostino Vallini, Italian cardinal and vicar general of Rome
• 1940 » Anja Silja, German soprano and actress
• 1940 » Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter († 1983)
• 1940 » Chuck Menville, American animator and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1940 » Eric Dancer, English businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon
• 1940 » John McCririck, English journalist († 2019)
• 1941 » Lagle Parek, Estonian architect and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
• 1942 » Buster Williams, American jazz bassist
• 1943 » Richard Allen Epstein, American lawyer, author, and academic

• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)
• 1960 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)

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.
• January 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
• November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

The temperature on April 17, 1942 was between 6.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.