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• Cornelius Stevenson, Palo Alto (Californie)
• Jeannine Watrin, Genk (B), België († 1990)
• Aagje Antonia Schotman († 1995)
• Maria Freke, Leiden († 2008)
• Dorothy Anne Olson, Niskayuna, Schenectady, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Cor de Rooy
• levenloos de Jongh, Alkmaar († 1942)
• Nijgh, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Nieuwenhuis, Hillegom († 2025)
• Christianus van Oirschot († 1998)

• Antonius Wilhelmus SCHNEIJDERBERG (39), Sterksel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Segeren (62), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Atje Wiegersma (81), Baarn
• Adrianus van Gorkum (61), Sint Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustin Thijssen (72)
• Aaltje Koorn (67), Amsterdam
• Albert Gerrit Oosterhuis (55), Winkelhaak Bethal Transvaal Z.Afrika
• Alberta Gooitske Wijtzes de Jong (56), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adelheid Landsberger (71), Treblinka Extermination Camp, Treblinka, Silesia, Poland, Terezin, Bohemia, Czech Republic
• Anna Elisabeth de Blaauw (15), De Bilt, Nederland

• 1940 » Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
• 1941 » Cass Elliot, American singer († 1974)
• 1941 » Jim Fox, English pentathlete
• 1941 » Mariangela Melato, Italian actress († 2013)
• 1941 » Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
• 1942 » Freda Payne, American singer and actress
• 1943 » André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1943 » Indrek Toome, Estonian businessman and politician
• 1943 » Joe Morgan, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1924 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
• 1949 » George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)

• 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.
• January 30 » World War II: Battle of Ambon. Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are massacred at Laha airfield. Three-fourths of remaining POWs will not have survived by the end of the war, including 250 men who will be shipped to Hainan Island in South China Sea and never returned.
• 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.
• April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.

The temperature on September 19, 1942 was between 9.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.