About the day » Monday May 4, 1942Calender converter

• Alois Wostratzky, Wabitz († 2014)
• Jeannette Alida Mosterd († 1992)
• Gerhardus Johannes Voshaar, Geesteren († 1988)
• Johannes Hendrik Berend den Hartoog († 1945)
• Geertruida Maria Francisca van Wel, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1944)
• Henrica Maria Catherina Daemen († 2016)
• Jürgen Schneider, Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 2009)
• Jacobus Petrus van Santen, Den Haag (NL) († 1942)
• Clarence Blom, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 1985)
• James Shannon, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England († 1990)

• * Neeltje van Middelkoop (75), Tienhoven
• Adriaan Johannes Marinus Goote (70), Utrecht
• Anna Krebbers (77), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Paarlberg (77), Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphe Marie Alexandre NICAISE (83), Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Anna Elisabeth Wirtz (64), Kölnerstrasse 208, Bonn
• Adriana Johanna de Roo (80), Delft,-
• Bernsen (0), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart Reekers (85)
• Adrian Siereveld (49), Norwood, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1939 » Neil Fox, English rugby league player and coach
• 1940 » Peter Gregg, American race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1940 » Robin Cook, American physician and author
• 1941 » George Will, American journalist and author
• 1942 » Nickolas Ashford, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2011)
• 1943 » Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer († 1971)
• 1943 » Mihail Chemiakin, Russian painter and sculptor
• 1943 » Prasanta Pattanaik, Indian economist and academic
• 1944 » Russi Taylor, American voice actress († 2019)
• 1944 » Steve Liebmann, Australian radio and television host

• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)

• 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 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
• January 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
• April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
• September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.

The temperature on May 4, 1942 was between -0.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.