About the day » Tuesday July 28, 1942Calender converter

• antonius mathias hubertus (ton) winkelmolen, neer († 2010)
• Anthonus Theodorus Zuidewind, Kerkeplaats (Texel) († 1942)
• Neillia Hunter, Skaneateles (USA) († 1972)
• Helena Witvliet, Den Burg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Siebe Everts van der Wal, Heidenschap, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)
• Grietje Boes, Drachten († 2005)
• Laurette Elodie Werbrouck, Koekelare († 2019)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Theodulus Maria Boere, Bussum († 2003)
• Godefrida, Hermina. Wijpkema., Alkmaar.* Nrd Holl-Nl († 2005)
• Willy de Feijter, Breskens († 2011)

• Anne Dijkstra (31), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Pijnenburg (81), Amersfoort
• Arendje Muizer (58), Velsen
• Anna Krul (87), Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Assenheimer (71), Minsk Ghetto
• Andries van der Linden (29), Eindhoven
• Catharina Johanna de Jong (75), Zeist (75jr)
• Andreas Josephus Volmer (26), Amsterdam
• Catharina Belmer (71), Amsterdam
• Albertus Dingerink (79), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1939 » Richard Johns, English air marshal
• 1940 » Philip Proctor, American voice actor and screenwriter
• 1941 » Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor and educator
• 1941 » Susan Roces, Filipino actress and producer
• 1942 » Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster
• 1942 » Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1943 » Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
• 1943 » Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter († 1981)
• 1943 » Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player († 2008)
• 1945 » Jim Davis, American cartoonist, created Garfield

• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)

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.
• March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces gave ultimatum to Dutch East Indies Governor General Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, to unconditionally surrender.
• March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
• March 22 » World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
• July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
• September 21 » The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
• October 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.

The temperature on July 28, 1942 was between 9.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.