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• Andreas Leonardus Clemens van Son, Vlijmen († 1944)
• Jan Willem Schuurman, Beerzerveld († 2020)
• Jacobus Gerardus Marie (Sjra) Mestrom, Maasbracht, Gemeente Maasgouw, Limburg, Nederland († 2017)
• Aart Nelis Kooijman († 2014)
• Jantje Teunisen Wind († 1980)
• Christ Beks, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2018)
• Jeannette Elaine Gragg, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Hendrika Johanna van Zon, IJsselstein († 1989)
• Gerda Johanna van KERKVOORT, Voorschoten († 2019)
• Gerritje Janna Wilhelmina van de Hel, Apeldoorn,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)

• Age Lourenszn. Wildschut (65), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Huiberts Wijker (70), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Bekking (54), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Johannes Bekking (54), 's-Gravenhage
• Andreas Antonius Gebbing (64), Nispen
• Abel Bonder (42), Veendam
• Albert van Dalen (76), Nijeholtpade, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Andries Bloem (68)
• Aagje Wijker (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Raadt (91), Gouda

• 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)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
13. Jacob
14. Gerardus
15. Johan
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
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 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
• January 20 » World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question".
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
• May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
• June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
• July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.

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.