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• Helena Maria Christina (Lenie) de Coo, Utrecht († 2017)
• Johannes Baptist Maria Lensink, Soest († 2018)
• Bastiaan TROOST Azn, Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1942)
• Johannes Marinus Hendrikse († 1984)
• Jan Steenbeek († 1945)
• Johannes, Marinus Hendrikse, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1984)
• Johannes Cornelus Maria Brouwers, Lieshout († 2017)
• Jan Mur († 2008)
• Bastiaan Troost, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Cornelis Kostelijk († 2008)

• Christine Du Long (64), Salatiga, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aernout Cornelis DRUIJVESTEIN (78), Haarlem
• Abraham Nieweg (51), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Abraham Mozes Duveen (49), Auschwitz, Bielsko, Poland
• Adriana Hendrika van den Heuvel (81), Hilversum
• Antonia Verdam (75), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Dionisia Van Poll (77), Malang, Ned. Indie
• Alberdina Dekker (88), Koedijk
• Antonie Nathan (82), Treblinka Extermination Camp, Treblinka, Silesia, Poland
• Bernard Jan ten Brink (37)

• 1940 » Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium († 2014)
• 1941 » Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, English publisher and politician († 2016)
• 1942 » B. J. Thomas, American singer
• 1942 » Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer-songwriter, writer and producer
• 1942 » Carlos Monzon, Argentinian boxer and actor († 1995)
• 1942 » Garrison Keillor, American humorist, novelist, short story writer, and radio host
• 1942 » Richard Sykes, English biochemist and academic
• 1943 » Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1943 » Lana Cantrell, Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer
• 1943 » Mohammed Badie, Egyptian religious leader

• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)
• 1968 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)

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 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.
• January 13 » World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
• June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
• August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
• August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
• December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

The temperature on August 7, 1942 was between 10.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.