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• Per Øien, Myrheim (N. Osen) († 2017)
• Mary Ann van Driel, Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Jan de Laat († 1999)
• Jouke Gerben TALSMA, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Anton Johannes de Gee, Batavia (Java) (Indonesie) († 2017)
• Johannes Thomas CAPITEIN, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Pieter Johannes Kooij van der, Delft († 2005)
• Hennie Hazekamp († 2019)
• N.N. Kerstens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Knollema, Borgweg, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)

• Antonetta van Heijst (71), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Oosterlee (47), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje Zwemmer (64), Zandvoort
• Barbara Alberdina Hulshoff (46)
• Alfred Jules Ghislain BOULET (55), , Belgique
• Berend Tor (60), Zuidlaren
• Antje Haak (65), Tolbert, Netherlands
• Albertus Jacob Duursema (22), Grootegast,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Longinus van Gestel (81), Boekel, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Longinus van Gestel (83), Eindhoven

• 1939 » Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist († 2003)
• 1940 » Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon
• 1941 » Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist († 2011)
• 1941 » Rosalind Baker, Australian author
• 1941 » Tommy Horton, English golfer († 2017)
• 1942 » Eddie Levert, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1942 » Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer and manager
• 1944 » Henri Richelet, French painter and etcher

• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)

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 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
• February 19 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
• 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.
• June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
• November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
• December 2 » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

The temperature on June 16, 1942 was between 8.0 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.