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• Geertruida Henriette Wilhelmina Hirs, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Boyd Bert Bambrough, South Weber-Utah (USA) († 2006)
• Hennie Rietveld, Utrecht, Nederland († 2010)
• Gertruda Catharina Rosalia (Truus) Mestrom, Linne, Gemeente Maasgouw, Limburg, Nederland († 1985)
• Jannetje (Jattie) Lagendijk, Utrecht
• Gradus Gerrit Timmer, Apeldoorn († 1943)
• Jantje Jantina, Janny Meppelink, Nederland († 1998)
• Jacobus Hendrocus Paulus Tetteroo, Den Haag († 1945)
• Hendrik Prinsen, De Kiel (Sleen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1942)
• Carolina Saartje Meijer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)

• Anneke Ruward (91), Sneek
• Albert Engelsz Visser (17), Alkmaar
• Baby Boy Van Dam (0), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Hermanus ter Weele (82), Delft
• Bauke Gerrits Fijlstra (75), New Jersey, Amerika
• Anna Margaretha van Stokkum (79), Rhenen
• Arie van Duin (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfrons Kurz (78), Theresienstadt Ghetto
• Anna Benninga (69), Veendam
• Adriana Frederika Rietman (67), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland Nederland

• 1940 » Linda Gray, American model and actress
• 1940 » Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
• 1940 » Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician († 2010)
• 1942 » François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1942 » Michel Drucker, French journalist
• 1942 » Tomás Marco, Spanish composer
• 1943 » Leonard Peltier, American political activist and convicted criminal
• 1943 » Maria Muldaur, American folk and blues singer
• 1944 » Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler († 1978)
• 1944 » Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor

• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
• 1953 » James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)

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. 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.
• January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
• January 26 » World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
• 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.
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
• October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
• 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 September 12, 1942 was between 12.5 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.