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• Johannes Maria Zijderveld, IJsselstein († 2008)
• Jantje Steventje Hulleman († 2022)
• Joost Verdaasdonk, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Hans Adriaan de Best, Batavia (indonesie) († 2010)
• Grietje Roelfien Kist, Steenwijk († 1943)
• James Edward de Bower, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa († 2014)
• Hermina Wage, Brugge, WVL.BE († 2000)
• Barbara Francisca Maria van der Linden, Haarlem Noord-Holland Nederland
• Cornelis 'Johnny de Marinier' KROM, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Gerard Bekke, Wierden († 2012)

• Aäron Koster (52), Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
• Aloysius Adrianus LENSVELT (21), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Boekel (74), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Petrus de Boer (32), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaron Jacob Kool (13), Auschwitz (PL)
• Anna Maria Focke (71), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Abraham Maurits Pront (13), Auschwitz
• Abraham Kopee (7), Auschwitz (PL)
• Alexander Fraser (79), Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Abraham Papegaai (7), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland

• 1940 » Linda Keen, American mathematician and academic
• 1942 » David Steinberg, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Jack DeJohnette, American drummer, pianist, and composer
• 1942 » Tommie Agee, American baseball player († 2001)
• 1943 » Ken Norton, American boxer and actor († 2013)
• 1944 » George Armstrong, English footballer († 2000)
• 1944 » John Simpson, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Patricia McKissack, American soldier, engineer, and author
• 1944 » Patrick Depailler, French racing driver († 1980)
• 1944 » Sam Elliott, American actor and producer

• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

• 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 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
• February 9 » Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
• March 26 » World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
• April 23 » World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.

The temperature on August 9, 1942 was between 11.1 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.