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• Frank Clifton Taylor, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Jacob Post, Dodewaard († 2003)
• Botte Ouderkerken, Parrega († 2022)
• Everdina Veltkamp, Hattem († 1952)
• Dini Veltkamp († 1952)
• Charles Menifee, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Janna T Nikkel († 1973)
• Hendrik Jan Tichelaar, Hengelo († 1945)
• Gerard Jozephus Antonius Barth.s Cootjans, Maasbree († 2023)
• Jacob (Jaap) Post, Dodewaard († 2003)

• Adriana Horst (61), Amsterdam
• Berendtje N C Witzenburg (85), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Antonius van de Bogaert (79), Zandvliet, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aaltje Ebeless Wybenga (78), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Anna Konijn (43), Alkmaar
• Arie Verveer (35), in de Atlantische Oceaan 15 mijl ten zuiden van Cape Palmas
• Catharina Johanna Dekker (77)
• Abraham GLASER (85), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoon IJsselsteijn (58), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Anna Konijn (43), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1940 » Richard Attwood, English race car driver
• 1940 » Sharon Sheeley, American singer-songwriter († 2002)
• 1942 » Elizabeth Levy, American author
• 1942 » Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager († 2014)
• 1942 » Kitty Kelley, American journalist and biographer
• 1944 » Bob McDill, American country music songwriter
• 1944 » Craig T. Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
• 1944 » Mary Kenny, Irish journalist, author, and playwright
• 1944 » Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian triple jumper and educator († 2012)

• 1929 » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
• 1931 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842)
• 1941 » Emine Nazikedâ Kadınefendi, the first wife and chief consort of Sultan Mehmed VI (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (b. 1878)
• 1951 » George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1957 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)

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.
• February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
• February 11 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
• February 24 » The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
• May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
• December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

The temperature on April 4, 1942 was between 2.9 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.