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• Jan Jonker († 2001)
• Maria Gerarda Catharina Barendse, Poeldijk († 2006)
• Cara de Bres, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Johannes Antonius Duijnisveld, Loosduinen, Nederland († 1999)
• Albertus Heemskerk, Rijnsburg († 2019)
• Albertina Geraldina J. (Tineke) Klijnhout († 2003)
• Hendrik Johannes FABER, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Fryslân, Nederland († 1984)
• Johannes Hendricus Theodorus Cornelissen, Gendringen († 2019)
• N.N. Nicolai, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Jan Hendrik Reints († 2021)

• Cornelis Bronger (61), Wassenaar
• Adriana Verjaal (85), Nieuwenhoorn
• Arie Johannes MEIJERS (83), Amsterdam, 4458, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje v.d.Wielen (79), Bergum Tytjerksteradeel
• Alexander Koster (20), Auschwitz
• Andrew MURRAY (92)
• Caroline Lillye (82), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Arnoldus Simon Berkhout (66), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Stokebrand (22), Enkhuizen
• Andrew Graham Murray (92)

• 1939 » James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist
• 1940 » Dominick Harrod, English journalist, historian, and author († 2013)
• 1940 » Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
• 1941 » Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 » Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1943 » Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author († 2014)
• 1943 » Lucius Shepard, American author and critic († 2014)
• 1943 » Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer
• 1944 » Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas
• 1944 » Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

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.
• February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
• March 12 » The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
• 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.
• September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
• October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
• November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.

The temperature on August 21, 1942 was between 9.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.