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• anna helena stephanie (anny) verbugt, helden-panningen († 2023)
• ALBERT BERNARDUS GOEDEMANS, EINDHOVEN,NOORD-BRABANT,NEDERLAND († 1968)
• Howard Dale Doornbos, Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA) († 2008)
• Adriaan Knor, Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Jan Willem van Keulen, Windesheim (Gem. Zwolle) († 2006)
• Joseph Kesnar, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2007)
• Jacoba Maria Crone, Schiedam († 1995)
• Harold Bertus Brands, Edgerton, Minnesota († 2017)
• Howard Dale DOORNBOS, Kalamazoo Kalamazoo County Michigan U.S.A († 2008)
• Cornelis Marinus Griffioen, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)

• A'aron DOTSCH (61), Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland
• Abraham Druif (55), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Afina Dijkhuizen (61), Wagenborgen, Gemeente Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje van Leeuwenkamp (80), Amersfoort
• A√§ron Cohen (43), Auschwitz
• Abraham van Gelder (80), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Albert Van Coevorden (7), Auschwitz, Poland
• Abraham MOK (61), Auschwitz Concentratiekamp, Poland
• Adrianus Nicolaas van Oorschot (75), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Leeuwenkamp (80), Amersfoort

• 1940 » Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer († 1972)
• 1940 » Jan Eliasson, Swedish politician and diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1940 » Peter Lever, English cricketer
• 1941 » Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician († 2005)
• 1942 » Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author
• 1942 » Lupe Ontiveros, American actress († 2012)
• 1942 » Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
• 1944 » Jean Taylor, American mathematician and academic
• 1944 » Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer

• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
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 » 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 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
• January 13 » Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
• April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
• September 9 » World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
• October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.

The temperature on September 17, 1942 was between 9.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.