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• Adrianus Henricus Maria van Weert, Leende († 2022)
• Clara Maria Krook, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Herbedina Blokland, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Herlinda Nora Hevel, Batavia (Nederlands Indië) († 1988)
• Aaltje Cornelis, Oosterhesselen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
• Hendrikus Ignatius (Ado) Mensink, Denekamp, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)
• Lucrèce Bouckaert, Estampuis († 2002)
• Agnes Lynn BLAAK, Sunnyside,Washigton,Yakima,U.S.A. († 1943)
• Arie Boudewijns, rotterdam († 2018)
• Marcus Arie Blokland, Dordrecht († 2007)

• Albertus Ponsen (55), Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aafje Rood (71), Berkhout, Koggenland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Stephanus van der Waals (82), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje van den Oosterkamp (70), Rhenen
• Bodina Maas (87), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Andreas Alexander Behrtel (59), 's Hertogenbosch
• Anna Isabella Neuman (53), Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Annegina Hekman (81), Groningen
• Bessie Young Clawson (63), San Francisco County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Arjen Canrinus (26), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• 1939 » Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor
• 1939 » Susan Flannery, American actress
• 1941 » Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat († 2004)
• 1943 » Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
• 1944 » David Norris, Irish scholar and politician
• 1944 » Geraldine Chaplin, American actress and screenwriter
• 1944 » Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 » Sherry Lansing, American film producer

• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)

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 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".
• January 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
• April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• May 10 » World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
• July 19 » World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.

The temperature on July 31, 1942 was between 6.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.