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• Johanna Ringenier, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• Liebrecht Wilhelmus Pietersz., Soerabaja, Indonesië († 2008)
• Alain de FRANCQUEN, Namur, 92094, Namur, Belgique († 2020)
• James REHUS, Cleveland, OH († 1942)
• Cornelia Remmelzwaal, Katwijk († 2015)
• Joanne Kay Schutte, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2013)
• Albert van der Sluis († 2016)
• Albert Clement VAN ISTERDAEL, Pamel,1760,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1997)
• Dicky Bijker, Venlo († 1942)
• Lambertus (Bertus) Bijker, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)

• Anne Marie Margrethe Ketzner (49), Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
• Arnoldus Heijerman (69), Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
• Auke de Boer (0), Gerkesklooster
• Christiaan H. (Joes) van Dorp (64), Jappenkamp Nederlands Indië
• Adrianus Christinus Marie Hodes (35), Den Haag,-
• Adrianus Alphonsus Maria de Beer (66), Tilburg
• benjamin hakker (23), gusen, saxen anhalt, duitsland
• Alberdina Niens (83), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pals (73), Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barteld (Bert) Meyaard (86), Bentheim Overisel, Allegan, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1941 » David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic († 2016)
• 1941 » Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1941 » Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer († 2012)
• 1941 » Robert Pine, American actor and director
• 1942 » Lopo do Nascimento, Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola
• 1942 » Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1942 » Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)
• 1942 » Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist († 1993)
• 1943 » Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian politician

• 1929 » Ève Lavallière, French actress (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Huntley Wright, English actor (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)

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.
• January 13 » World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
• February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
• May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
• July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
• July 25 » The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
• August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.

The temperature on July 10, 1942 was between 11.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.