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• Lodevikus Johannes Polfliet, Goes († 2016)
• Johanna Geertruida Maria van Weerdenburg, IJsselstein († 2014)
• John Albert Buss, Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California († 2015)
• Johanna T.M.C. van Boxel, Chaam († 1984)
• Hendrik Gerrits, den Ham († 1942)
• Clara de Magtige, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• John Gordon Statzer Jr, Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Bokxem, Avereest
• Hans Willem den Haring, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Hendrik Waarheid († 2015)

• Auguste Kaiser (55), Chelmno, Kujawien-Pommern, Polen
• Aaltjen Willemsdr Pasterkamp (78), Hillegom
• Baukje Symens Nicolai (47), Blija, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Francisca Paulina Maria Heerkens (37), Tilburg
• Annie Ophilla Forsyth (44), Caddo, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha Vermeulen (56), Rosmalen, Nederland
• Anna Ludovica Hufkens (0)
• Antonia Cornelia Lormans (20), Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baukje Symens Nicolai (47), Blija
• Aaltjen Willemsdr Pasterkamp (78), Hillegom

• 1939 » Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Ruud Lubbers, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2018)
• 1939 » Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Angela Carter, English novelist and short story writer († 1992)
• 1940 » Dave Chambers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, English lawyer and judge
• 1943 » Harvey Andrews, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1943 » John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia († 2015)
• 1943 » Peter Carey, Australian novelist and short story writer
• 1943 » Terry Allen, American singer and painter

• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)

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

• 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 attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
• January 23 » World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.
• 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.
• August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
• August 13 » Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
• September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

The temperature on May 7, 1942 was between 5.5 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.