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• Levenloos geboren ten Kate, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)
• Loman, Amersfoort († 1942)
• Mannes Buursink, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)
• Emma Johanna Bakker, Den Hoorn († 2014)
• Eugenius Petrus Johannes Boogers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Jacoba Wilhelmina Hendrika van BRUGGEN, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Dorothy Ann Ware [Wg], Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas († 1942)
• HUGO DE SMEDT, SINT-GILLIS-WAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 2018)
• Jan van Huissteden, Nederhorst den Berg († 2015)
• Bernard Hins, Tourcoing, Nord, France († 1986)

• Agnes May Speer (76), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Geertruida van Brummelen (77), Rotterdam
• Bart Spruit (60), Bussum
• Loman (0), Amersfoort
• Arie van der Gaag (50)
• Anthony Kalvelagen (71), Chicago (USA)
• Arie van der Gaag (50), Delft
• Christina Gudula Elisabetha Winkes (83), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara Raman (64), Vogelwaarde, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelia Catharina Stoet (58), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)

• 1939 » Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer
• 1940 » Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, Indian-English engineer and academic († 2019)
• 1940 » Willie John McBride, Northern Irish rugby player, coach, and manager
• 1941 » Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author († 2012)
• 1943 » Joe Stampley, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1943 » José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican lawyer and jurist († 2010)
• 1943 » Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
• 1944 » Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist.
• 1944 » Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine).
• 1944 » Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time.

• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer and author (b. 1910)
• 1955 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (b. 1875)

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 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
• February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
• February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
• 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.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSHermes and the Australian destroyer HMASVampire.
• June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.

The temperature on June 6, 1942 was between 11.8 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.