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• Barendina Alida Vork, Haarlemmermeer († 2018)
• Cornelis Kramer († 2018)
• Cornelis Kramer, Urk († 2018)
• Dick Laagland, Monnickendam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Martha Anna Reilink, Erve Broekhuis, Loo († 2000)
• Maria Ludovica Meeusen, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 2005)
• Catharina Adriana Maria Mechelina van der Velden († 2000)
• Carolyn Anita Tallungan, Chicago, IL († 2015)
• Berend (Bert) Migchels, Holte Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland († 2017)
• Mia (Maria Antonia) Bos, Egchel, Helden, 5987, Nederland († 1990)

• Antonia Maria van Schaik (62), Houten
• Anna Maria Cornelia Rombouts, Tilburg
• Bernardus van Bruggen (35), Bützow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Duitsland
• Bregtje Hilles JOUSMA (75), Achtkarspelen Friesland Netherlands
• Charles Louis Vandamme (72), Houthulst
• Arie Mudde (79), Vlissingen
• Anthonius Van der Ploeg (48), Noordwijkerhout
• Barteld Beekman (69), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Mudde (79), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Baukje Lubberts Eppinga (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1940 » Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer
• 1940 » Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician
• 1941 » Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1942 » Sallehuddin of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah
• 1943 » Bobby Vee, American pop singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1943 » Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia († 2011)
• 1944 » Jill Clayburgh, American actress († 2010)
• 1944 » Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic († 2014)
• 1945 » J. Michael Brady, British radiologist

• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)

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 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
• February 24 » An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
• May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
• July 6 » Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
• October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
• October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.

The temperature on April 30, 1942 was between 0.7 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.