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May 2, 1942Born on Sunday May 3, 1942
- Johannes Theodorus van der Wilk († 2020)
- Eugène Tempelaere, Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2019)
- Jacobus Maria de JONG († 1999)
- Barbara Ashton Baltz, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania († 2015)
- Ferdinand Benny Meijer, Kediri, Indonesië († 1951)
- Dag Kristian Nilsen. († 2012)
- Hendrik van den Bos, Avereest († 1942)
- Jasperina Platschorre, Wieringen († 1943)
- Henk Beckeringh, Westerbork († 2021)
- Cornelia van Zanten († 2010)
Died on Sunday May 3, 1942
- Albert Krzywynos (57), Lublin Ghetto
- Agatha Jacoba Zonneveld (78), Wassenaar
- Anna Boer (78), Rosmalen, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Antonia van Antwerpen (0), Den Haag
- Anna Maria Luijten (61), IJsselstein
- Abraham Isidore Cohen (28), 's Gravenhage
- Havelaar (0), Leerbroek (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- ? ? (23)
- Arthur Lovell Crabtree (64), Riceville, Howard County, Iowa
- Adriaan Pieter Lotichius (59), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 3, 1942 at Delpher
Born on May 3
- 1940 » Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1940 » David Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist († 2019)
- 1941 » Alexander Harley, English general
- 1941 » Edward Malloy, American priest and academic
- 1942 » Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho
- 1942 » Dave Marash, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1942 » Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast and coach († 2016)
- 1943 » Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
- 1943 » Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer († 1985)
- 1943 » Yukio Hashi, Japanese singer and actor
Died on May 3
- 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
- 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
- 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
- 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
- 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
- 1942 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
- 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
- 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
- 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
- 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
Names that were popular for boys in 1942
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Antonius
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1942
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Marie
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Antonia
- Ann
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1942
- 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 30 » World War II: Battle of Ambon. Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are massacred at Laha airfield. Three-fourths of remaining POWs will not have survived by the end of the war, including 250 men who will be shipped to Hainan Island in South China Sea and never returned.
- February 18 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
- May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
- September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
- November 4 » World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
- November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
The weather on Sunday May 3, 1942
The temperature on May 3, 1942 was between 3.4 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI