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• Johannes Franciscus Joseph Kloeg, Zuilen († 1942)
• Alida maria (Alie) Kemper († 1974)
• Apollonia Koersvelt, Amsterdam († 1990)
• jan houben, sevenum
• Koert de Jonge († 1996)
• Andreas (André) MINGERS, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Martha Sijtsma, Marrum, Friesland, Nederland († 2021)
• Franciscus Jacobus van der Hulst, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Emma Waasdorp, Otter Tail, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1942)
• Herman van der Weide, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Antje Elzinga (77), Leeuwarden
• Albertje Tjibbes de Groot (57)
• Alice Henrica De Jonghe (72), Nederland Noord-Brabant Breda
• Bernard Henrich Hüsers (82), Schöninghsdorf, Duitsland
• Antoon Herman Reinier Everhardt Goedhart (68), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Petrus Josephus Saenen (26)
• Arnoldus Verploegen (67), Valburg
• Antoon Herman Reinier Everhardt Goedhart (68), Amersfoort
• Antoinette Laurent (87), Wanze
• Berta May Hines (67), Geddes, Charles Mix County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten

• 1941 » Bill Lockyer, American academic and politician, 30th Attorney General of California
• 1941 » James Traficant, American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » John Fred, American singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1942 » Martin Dobkin, Canadian doctor and politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga
• 1942 » Norman Lamont, Scottish banker and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1942 » Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
• 1942 » Robin Hobbs, English cricketer
• 1942 » Terry Neill, Irish footballer and manager
• 1943 » Johnny Greaves, Australian rugby league player
• 1943 » Pat Barker, English author

• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)

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 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
• February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
• June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
• July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
• August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
• September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.

The temperature on May 8, 1942 was between 2.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.