About the day » Friday May 29, 1942Calender converter

• Nn Geertsma, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Afra M Stroek, Volendam (Nederland) († 2025)
• Hendrika Johanna Penha, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Fountain Glenn Estes, Estill Co Kentucky († 1994)
• Alle Brouwer
• Klaas Piet Draaisma, Bolsward, Nederland († 2010)
• Jacoba Maria Scheffers, Maastricht († 1994)
• Maria Johanna Bernardina Mattijssen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1987)
• Jan Ruurd Willem van der Valk († 2011)
• Marretje POST, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 1943)

• Albertus Cornelis van Spijk (85)
• Adrianus Gagesteijn (Gagestein) (90)
• Antonie Walop (47), Rotterdam
• Abraham van Asch (80), Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Reinier SCHUTTER (74), Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonius van den Heiligenberg (66), Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius van den Heiligenberg (66), Leimuiden, Netherlands
• Aaltje Egges (83), Nieuwolda (gem. Oldambt)
• Arie Rog
• Aaltje Egges (83), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland

• 1939 » Pete Smith, Australian radio and television announcer
• 1940 » Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan († 2010)
• 1940 » Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna († 2013)
• 1941 » Bob Simon, American journalist († 2015)
• 1941 » Doug Scott, English mountaineer and author
• 1942 » Kevin Conway, American actor and director († 2020)
• 1942 » Pierre Bourque, Canadian businessman and politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal
• 1943 » Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician († 2013)
• 1944 » Bob Benmosche, American businessman († 2015)
• 1944 » Quentin Davies, English soldier and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

• 1935 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
• 1942 » John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1946 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1948 » May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)

• 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.
• May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
• May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
• June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
• July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
• November 27 » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
• December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.

The temperature on May 29, 1942 was between 9.4 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.