About the day » Thursday July 23, 1942Calender converter

• Beverly Ann Petit, Watertown, Carver, Minnesota (USA) († 1974)
• NN Smink, Zwolle
• Nicolaas Bink, Leiden († 1945)
• Pieter Anthonie Keijlewer, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Helena Hubertina Gerritsen, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2015)
• Quirina Jacoba Theodora van der Meer, Leiden
• Alida Hendrina Korevaar, Brandwijk († 1988)
• - Kayim, Ridderkerk
• van Boxtel, Tilburg († 1942)
• Christiane Cellerier († 1989)

• Abraham Bril van Kleef (2), Auschwitz
• Albertus Post (70), Rotterdam
• Albertus * Jielof (82), (FR) Leeuwarden
• Anna de Jong (30), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Aleida Argeloo (73), Zwolle, Nederland
• Abraham Cohen (12), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Adriaan Johannes But (69), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Anna de Haan (36), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Anna Brandon (35), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Adriana Withaar (51), Zeist

• 1940 » Danielle Collobert, French author, poet, and journalist († 1978)
• 1941 » Christopher Andrew, English historian and academic
• 1941 » Richie Evans, American race car driver († 1985)
• 1941 » Sergio Mattarella, Italian lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th President of Italy
• 1942 » Dimitris Liantinis, Greek philosopher and author († 1998)
• 1942 » Madeline Bell, American singer-songwriter
• 1942 » Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle († 2013)
• 1942 » Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian journalist and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane
• 1943 » Randall Forsberg, American scientist († 2007)
• 1943 » Tony Joe White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2018)

• 1932 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (b. 1884)
• 1936 » Anna Abrikosova, Russian linguist (b. 1882)
• 1941 » George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (b. 1860)
• 1941 » José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1942 » Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1951 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)
• 1951 » Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)

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.
• July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
• 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.
• August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
• November 22 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
• December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.
• December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

The temperature on July 23, 1942 was between 13.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.