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• Martinus Petrus (Martin) (Kral (geboren Geesken)) (Kind:Arling (geboren Kral)) Kral, Vlagtwedde, Nederland († 2016)
• Maria Emília Martins do Amaral, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil († 2000)
• Hendrik Schonewille, Oosterveld, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Amelia Louise Walker, Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming, United States of America († 1998)
• Jacomina Kok, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Gerardus Johannes Minnebo, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Jack Garnett Bender, Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Jacomina Kok, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Berend Hindrikus Mattheus Godlieb, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Jacobus Vos, Rucphen

• Antonius Franciscus Willekens (89), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Sanders (2), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Arntine Kristine Larsdatter (74), Valnesfjord, Fauske
• Berend Mes (72), Haarlem
• Alida Lopes Dias (38), Oświęcim, Polen
• Anna Drilsma (34), Conc. kamp Auschwitz te Oswiecim
• Barbara Ann Furman (84), Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska, United States of America
• Betje Groen (38), Auschwitz
• Anna Leons (38), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• *Severiana Teresa Tejeda Marin (77), Teocaltiche, Jalisco, Mexico

• 1940 » Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer († 2002)
• 1940 » Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
• 1941 » Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician
• 1942 » Nancy Richey, American tennis player
• 1943 » Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician
• 1943 » Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author
• 1943 » Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1943 » Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
• 1944 » Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1945 » Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach

• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)

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.
• January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
• January 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
• May 10 » World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
• June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.

The temperature on August 23, 1942 was between 10.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.