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• Maria Gaethofs, Luik († 2011)
• Irene Bora de Swarte, Amsterdam (NL) († 1943)
• Maria Catharina Adriana van Dorresteijn, Soest († 1976)
• John Charles Lebo († 2013)
• Douglas Stimson († 1942)
• Johanna Gerharda Maria ter Laak, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland († 2021)
• (Stillborn) VOS, Mensingeweer Groningen Netherlands († 1942)
• Levenloos Schraauwen, Roosendaal en Nispen (NL) († 1942)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Siemerink, Noordwijk († 2013)
• Johanna Albertina Horn, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2011)

• Agnes Kösters (5), Heiloo
• Alberdiena Koelman (62), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia van Heugten (56), Deurne
• Alberdina KOELMAN (62)
• Berend Heijink (71), Deventer
• Aaltje Luten (74), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltien Jans Postema (79), Roden
• Alida Maria Houweling (80), Amsterdam
• Annie Hartill ALLDRITT (62)
• (Stillborn) VOS (0), Mensingeweer Groningen Netherlands

• 1939 » Elspeth Ballantyne, Australian actress
• 1939 » Peter S. Beagle, American author and screenwriter
• 1940 » James Gammon, American actor († 2010)
• 1941 » Ryan O'Neal, American actor
• 1942 » Arto Paasilinna, Finnish journalist and author
• 1942 » Giles Henderson, English lawyer and academic
• 1943 » Alan Beith, English academic and politician
• 1943 » Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress († 1971)
• 1943 » John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor and director
• 1944 » Toivo Aare, Estonian journalist and author († 1999)

• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
• 1945 » Erwin Bumke, Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)
• 1946 » Mae Busch, Australian actress (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)

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 8 » World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
• April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
• September 3 » World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
• October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
• November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
• December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

The temperature on April 20, 1942 was between 3.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.