About the day » Thursday August 6, 1942Calender converter

• Hendrika Cornelia Maria Staffhorst, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2008)
• Henderica Anna Cornelia Witte, De Westen (Texel) († 2005)
• Eric Eduard Hoogendoorn, Oudewater
• Leroy Lee Venenga, Little Rock, Lyon County, Iowa († 2025)
• Addy van de Glind († 1976)
• Jan Gerard Bijl († 1991)
• Jan Hendrik Prummel, Groningen (NL) († 1942)
• Dammis Baan († 2007)
• Bart Journée († 2007)
• Carol Lou Gransden, Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States († 2006)

• Auktje STULP (65), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Catharina van Meer (81), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Zwart (81), uithuizen
• Aafje Timmerman (56), Haarlem
• Adolf Heijster (75), Duiven (G)
• Anne Marie comtesse de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (33), à Beveren-Waas
• Aartje Schraven (71), 's Gravenhage
• Abraham Nicolaas Wasserman (76), Leiden
• Antonia Agatha de Wit (72), Houten (UT, NLD)
• Anna Catherina Schulte (63), Onstwedde

• 1940 » Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer († 2017)
• 1940 » Louise Sorel, American actress
• 1940 » Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
• 1941 » Andrew Green, Baron Green of Deddington, English diplomat
• 1941 » Ray Culp, American baseball player
• 1942 » Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player († 2012)
• 1943 » Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic († 1998)
• 1944 » Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress († 2003)
• 1944 » Martin Wharton, English bishop
• 1944 » Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic

• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
• 1946 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)

• 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 17 » Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
• May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
• July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
• October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
• November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.

The temperature on August 6, 1942 was between 9.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.