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• Elisabeth Verhoef, Ouder-Amstel († 1968)
• Gerda Johanna van KERKVOORT, Voorschoten († 2019)
• Jan Kaspers, Utrecht († 2019)
• Jan Scheffer, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Dennis Cockerill, Blackhall Colliery, Durham, England († 2009)
• Jan Zuidema († 2021)
• Hendrika Johanna van Zon, IJsselstein († 1989)
• Irene van Schalkwijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Frans van Ree, Vlaardingen († 2017)
• Jan van Vuurde, Rotterdam († 2010)

• Age Wildschut (65), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aloisia Joanna Maria Rientjes (59), Nijmegen
• Anthonius Casper Sudmeijer (40), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Stoop (68), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Age Lourens Wildschut (65), Sneek
• Aagje Huiberts Wijker (70), Amsterdam
• Aloisia Joanna Maria Rientjes (59), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Louwerina van der Maden (54), Amsterdam
• Albert van Dalen (76), Nijeholtpade, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes Bekking (54), 's-Gravenhage

• 1941 » David M. Kennedy, American historian and author
• 1941 » Estelle Bennett, American singer († 2009)
• 1941 » George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator († 1975)
• 1942 » Les Johns, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1942 » Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician († 2012)
• 1942 » Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer and skier
• 1943 » Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1943 » Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer and politician
• 1943 » Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist († 2014)

• 1932 » Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Flo Ziegfeld, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1932 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1932 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866)
• 1934 » John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)

• 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 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
• 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.
• April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
• May 12 » World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
• October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
• November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

The temperature on July 22, 1942 was between 12.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 13.1 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.