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• Hendrika Fles, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1942)
• Ellie Dohmen († 2010)
• Jan Manten, Westbroek († 1994)
• Antje de Witte († 2004)
• catharina van moorsel, helden-grashoek
• Grietje Anna van der Meij, Katwijk († 2010)
• Berendina Bea Kor, Meeden († 2002)
• Bea Augustina de Waij, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Jacob Lester Hess († 1995)
• Ans Hamberg, Lutten († 2000)

• Aaltje Veneberg (76), Zwolle,Gemeente Zwolle,Overijssel,Nederland
• Arnoldus Kleijboer (83), Apeldoorn
• Arie Rooimans (57), Spijkenisse Z.H
• Aalbrecht Pieter van Dijk (75), Wateringen
• Adrianus Petrus Geerts (81), Gilze en Rijen
• Antje Jakobs Baas (75), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Huisman (0), Deventer
• Anne Folkerts Visser (60), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoinette Adelaide du Rij van Beest Holle (86), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Bauke Lantema (85), gem. Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1939 » Michael J. Pollard, American actor († 2019)
• 1940 » Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1940 » Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator († 2015)
• 1942 » Carole Stone, English journalist and author
• 1942 » John Gladwin, English bishop
• 1943 » Anders Michanek, Swedish motorcycle racer
• 1943 » Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist
• 1944 » Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter (The Dave Clark Five)
• 1944 » Meredith MacRae, American actress († 2000)
• 1944 » Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman

• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 1947 » Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (b. 1880)
• 1948 » József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (b. 1874)
• 1949 » Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1955 » Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (b. 1918)

• 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.
• March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces gave ultimatum to Dutch East Indies Governor General Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, to unconditionally surrender.
• March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
• March 12 » The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
• April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
• May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.

The temperature on May 30, 1942 was between 9.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.