About the day » Wednesday June 24, 1942Calender converter

• Maria Cornelia de Best, Katwijk († 2006)
• Maria Cornelia de Best, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Aaltje ( Alie) van den Hul, 't Harde, Nederland († 2018)
• Louisa Catharina Bakx, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1999)
• Horst Stein, Nettetal, Breyell (Duitsland) († 2009)
• Dorothea Wenderina Maria Koeman, Dieren († 2008)
• Arris Floris Zwanenburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Louise Catharina BAKX, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Abraham Ras († 2015)
• Jacob van Dijk, Kampen († 1942)

• Albert Hoving (61), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Casper Willem Ultee (34), Veenendaal Gld
• Augustinus Verstraaten (75), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernardina Oldenburg (61), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antje van der Leden (65), Ammerzoden
• Arnoldus Wilhelm Edsard Gelderman (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonius Maria Johannes Blomesath (48), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Jacobs (29), Venlo
• Arnold Willem Edzard Gelderman (70), 's Gravenhage
• Belia van Helden (77), Hilversum

• 1940 » Ian Ross, Australian newsreader († 2014)
• 1940 » Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
• 1941 » Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Graham McKenzie, Australian cricketer
• 1941 » Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
• 1942 » Arthur Brown, English rock singer-songwriter
• 1942 » Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator
• 1942 » Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
• 1942 » Michele Lee, American actress and singer
• 1943 » Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic († 2004)

• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

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 10 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.
• April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
• June 23 » World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
• July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
• December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

The temperature on June 24, 1942 was between 11.8 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.