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• Bouwktje Post, Usquert
• van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Nn Fransen, Oud-Lutten (Hardenberg) († 1942)
• Peter Graham Arnold, Reading, Berkshire, England († 2004)
• Patricia Cecil, Manchester († 2007)
• Gisèle CASTELEYN, Ichtegem († 1954)
• Hendrik Johan Heimink, Almelo († 1942)
• Carol E Fricke, State Center, Iowa († 2017)
• Helena Johanna Cornelia Wijnands, Noordwijkerhout († 2023)
• Muriel Jean RICHARDSON, East Risdon Tasmania Australia († 2001)

• Abraham Halverstad (51), Auschwitz (PL)
• Anna Elisabeth Roovers (90), Rijkevorsel
• Albert Thepen (67), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje BERGSMA (22), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Weurding (74), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Maria Hoppe (74), Amsterdam
• Atze Ates de Vries (74), Groningen
• Adrianus Jacobus van Es (78), Utrecht
• Arie Versloot (85), Schoonhoven, Nederland
• Alida Opdam (2), Alkmaar

• 1939 » Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
• 1939 » Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist († 2013)
• 1939 » Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
• 1940 » Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
• 1942 » Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
• 1944 » Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 1995)
• 1944 » Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress († 2006)
• 1945 » John McAfee, Scottish-American computer programmer, founded McAfee
• 1945 » P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2015)

• 1939 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
• 1949 » Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 » Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
• 1956 » Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
• 1959 » Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
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. Annie

• 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 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
• March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
• March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces gave ultimatum to Dutch East Indies Governor General Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, to unconditionally surrender.
• April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
• July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
• September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.

The temperature on September 18, 1942 was between 10.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.