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• Catharina Geertruida Brouwer († 2014)
• Adriaan Wieland, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Emilien ISARD († 2013)
• Johanna Adriana Maria van der Zande, Oud-Vossemeer,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1980)
• Bartley Franklin Bevins Jr., Oakland, Alameda Co., California, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Hendrik Appel, Hilversum († 1943)
• Elmer Earl Cleveland, Cherry Valley, Cross, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Maria Bloemers, Oeffelt († 1945)
• Maarten Marinus van Nielen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Edwin Gill Rowland <KB>1 († 1975)

• Antonetta Johanna Slokkers (82), Nieuw-Vossemeer
• Arnoldus Hofman (85), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Anna Catharina Ran (79), Egmond aan Zee, Nederland
• Antonetta Johanna Slokker (82), Nieuw-Vossemeer
• CATHARINA VAN DORP (71), VLAARDINGEN
• Aaron Davison (72), Polo, Ogle, Illinois
• Cornelia Catharina BOOT (55), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Douven (80), Broeksittard, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Honig (79), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Buijs (79), ,, Ooltgensplaat, Nederland

• 1940 » Butch Buchholz, American tennis player
• 1940 » Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist and composer († 2018)
• 1941 » Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer
• 1941 » Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician
• 1942 » Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
• 1942 » Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic
• 1943 » James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist († 2016)
• 1943 » Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1944 » Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer
• 1944 » Linda Kaye Henning, American actress

• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
• 1932 » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1933 » George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1945 » John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
• 1946 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)

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.
• March 22 » World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
• July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
• July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
• December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

The temperature on September 16, 1942 was between 9.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.