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• Esther Brilleslijper († 1943)
• Cornelia Petronella Maria Rooijakkers, Haarlem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Franciscus Gerardus van den Broek, Waalwijk († 1992)
• gertruda wilhelmina maria theunissen, helden-beringe
• Jan de Bont, Sprundel († 1992)
• Annie Kuijer, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1989)
• James Edward Carlisle, Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri († 2019)
• Arie de Beurs, Abbekerk († 1972)
• Gerrit Jan Bruil, Hoenderloo († 1944)
• Gavin Dermot Bernhardi, Musoma, Tanzania († 1990)

• Antje Staal (78)
• Abraham van der Linde (32), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Anna Maria Josephina Rijpert (86), Breda
• Anthonius Aegidius Hendrikse (75), IJzendijke
• Abraham van der Linde (32), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Verbruggen (62), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Calmer van der Klei (42), Auschwitz, Poland
• Antonia Francisca Maria Jacobs (46), Tilburg
• Abraham Samuel Snatager (28), Auschwitz Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland
• Abraham van Zanten (0), Rotterdam

• 1938 » Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1938 » Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer
• 1940 » Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach († 2000)
• 1943 » Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti
• 1943 » Fred Hill, American football player
• 1943 » Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient († 1971)
• 1945 » Gary Gregor, American basketball player
• 1945 » Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner († 2016)
• 1945 » Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1945 » Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster

• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
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.
• February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
• February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
• April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
• June 7 » World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
• June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• August 26 » At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.

The temperature on August 13, 1942 was between 10.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.