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• Frederik Hendrik Ubbo GROENIER, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands 1017 († 2022)
• Jean-Marie LARD, Hollain,7620,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 2008)
• Johannes Aarsen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1996)
• Harm Veltmeijer, Hilversum († 2001)
• Chris Maas († 2006)
• Johanna Cornelia Hendrica Kettenis, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Gerrie van Os, Leiden († 2018)
• Nn. Driessen, Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands († 1942)
• Hendrik van der Schuur, Siddeburen († 2021)
• Antoon Pieter Berkenbosch, Rotterdam

• Bruens (0), Tilburg
• Ankje van ELBURG (5), Rotterdam
• Albert Nijenhuis (69), Olst, Nederland
• Anna Benvenida Fresco (32), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Anna Maria Anthonia Johanna Leenhouwers (0), Oostkapelle
• Mauritsz (0), Tilburg
• Ama Perilla Gallion (77), Hiwasse, Benton, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Mathilda Levie (52), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Alexander Waterman (13), Auschwitz
• Adam Bernhard Jamin (70)

• 1940 » Brian Lochore, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1940 » Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author († 2015)
• 1940 » Frank Duffy, English architect
• 1940 » Pauline Collins, English actress
• 1941 » Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author († 1990)
• 1942 » Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Valerie Perrine, American model and actress
• 1944 » Geoff Arnold, English cricketer and coach
• 1944 » Ray Groom, Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania
• 1945 » George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter

• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)

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.
• February 9 » Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
• April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
• August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
• December 10 » World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.

The temperature on September 3, 1942 was between 13.6 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.