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• Krijna Jannigje den BOER, 's-Gravendeel († 2016)
• Huibert Verploeg, Rumpt (Deil) (GL) († 2012)
• Maria Boni, Antwerpen († 1983)
• Branca Presser, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Harmannus Elling, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Cornelis (Kees) Alfred Joseph den Boer, Zierikzee, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 2009)
• Vearl Max TAYLOR, Salina, Sevier County, Utah, United States of America († 2005)
• Everdina Neelida Luppes († 2006)
• Mary Kathryn Huber, LaPorte, LaPorte, Indiana († 2005)
• Johanna Maria (Joke) Hofstra, Musselkanaal Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland († 1996)

• Aafke Stuiver (88), Heerenveen
• Anna Maria Lonnee (38), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonette C KUYPER (61), Ames, IA
• Arie Goené (87), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Schumann (49), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Goené (87), Poortugaal
• Anna Catharina Schuman (49), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus Jerfaas van Lienden (85), Amerongen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Lil (66), Baarle-Nassau
• Adriana de Jong (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1939 » Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
• 1940 » Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
• 1940 » Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter († 2002)
• 1941 » Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• 1941 » Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1942 » Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. († 1994)
• 1942 » Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
• 1943 » Eddie May, English footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1943 » Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic
• 1944 » Peter Mayhew, English-American actor († 2019)

• 1935 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1958 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
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. Annie

• 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 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".
• April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
• June 21 » World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
• June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
• July 1 » World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
• September 23 » World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.

The temperature on May 19, 1942 was between 9.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.