About the day » Tuesday June 23, 1942Calender converter

• Emke Boonstra, Nuis († 2000)
• "Ansje" Johanna Cornelia Derksen (4 jr), Didam († 1946)
• Hendrik Peter Gerardus AANDEKERK, Kessenich,3640,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1944)
• Annie (Anna) Buitelaar, Maasland, Nederland († 2019)
• Derk Wiegman, Veendam († 1983)
• Jan Mulder, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)
• Daisy Gerda Wolf, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2011)
• Adriana Reuvers, Dordrecht
• Bocke Hoeksema, Lutjegast, Groningen, Netherlands († 1942)
• Apolonia Cornelia Theresia van Berkel, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Bernard Eftink (18)
• Anna Stodel (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christianus Bouvrie (50), Eindhoven
• Anne Van der Meulen (77), Zuidlaren
• Antje Werkman (76), midwolda groningen
• Anna Rolandus (64), Rotterdam
• Adriana Heindijk (90), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Botter (0), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Fitters (60), Dordrecht
• Christianus Bouvrie (50), Eindhoven

• 1940 » Adam Faith, English singer († 2003)
• 1940 » Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1940 » George Feigley, American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee († 2009)
• 1941 » Keith Newton, English footballer († 1998)
• 1941 » Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2019)
• 1941 » Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter
• 1942 » Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist
• 1943 » Ellyn Kaschak, American psychologist and academic
• 1943 » James Levine, American pianist and conductor
• 1943 » Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker

• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
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.
• February 8 » World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
• February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
• February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
• July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
• 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.
• October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

The temperature on June 23, 1942 was between 11.1 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.