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• Hendrika Johanna van Essen
• Geurt Hardeman († 1986)
• Hendrika Gezina (Riek) Wilbrink († 2002)
• Annette Mary Najvar, Hallettsville, Lavaca Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Cornelis Abraham van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Evert Braamskamp († 1994)
• Dirk J Toornstra, Dokkum († 2002)
• Cornelia Janna Malepaard, brouwershaven († 1984)
• Dennis Jay Wiersma († 1966)
• Hilde Paredis, Sint-Truiden, België († 2010)

• Aloys Keirsschieter (74), Klerken
• Annechien Ottens (73), Borger
• Annechien Ottens (73), Borger Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Amy Urilda RICH (63), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Alexander Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (28), Goirle, N.B
• Annajane Norman (21), Winona, Winona County, Wisconsin
• Veenstra (0), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• * Gijsbertus van Kuijk (73), Vlijmen
• VLAK (0), Utrecht
• Angelica Anna Maria Feldbrugge- (64), Renkum, Nederland

• 1938 » Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist († 2014)
• 1938 » Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and judge
• 1938 » Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer (The Crusaders)
• 1940 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction († 1977)
• 1941 » Don Rich, American country musician († 1974)
• 1941 » Jim Brothers, American sculptor († 2013)
• 1942 » Pete York, English rock drummer
• 1943 » Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• 1944 » Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
• 1945 » Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh

• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

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. Annie

• 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 3 » World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
• April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
• November 19 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.
• December 10 » World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.

The temperature on August 15, 1942 was between 10.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.