About the day » Sunday April 26, 1942Calender converter

• Josepha Henrica De Decker, Hingene († 2006)
• Kobus Opstal, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Jan Bakker, Urk († 1995)
• Gustaaf Maria Smets, Geel, België († 1942)
• Edi Schuitert, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1991)
• Margaretha Ida Versteege, Noordwijkerhout († 2010)
• Margaret Cheryl QUALMAN, Clinton,Iowa,America († 1995)
• Jan Bakker († 1995)
• Hendrika Jantina Hekhuis, Nieuw-Dordrecht († 2014)
• Antonius Marinus Birgitta Maria Schuurman († 2012)

• Arthur Ludwig Wilhelm Dobschütz (53), Soerabaja (Indonesië)
• Arthur Ludwig Wilhelm VON DOBSCHÜTZ (53), Surabaya
• Aaltien Wieben (82), Assen
• Arnoldina den Brok (70), S-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Johannes de Knoop (78), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Engers (41), Mauthausen, Oostenrijk
• Arnoldus Appeldoorn (84), Arcen en Velden, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertdina Hakkers (41), Radewijk, Overijssel, NederlandNld
• Agge den Hartog (69), Riceland Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
• Alfons Van GOSSUM (69), Scherpenheuvel Vlaams Brabant

• 1940 » Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 » Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Claudine Auger, French model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor
• 1942 » Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic
• 1942 » Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• 1942 » Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate
• 1942 » Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic († 2014)
• 1943 » Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1943 » Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals

• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)

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 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
• 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.
• August 6 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
• August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
• September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
• October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

The temperature on April 26, 1942 was between 3.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.