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• Harold Avrom "Hal" Roth († 2011)
• Hendrika Wilhelmina Bolink, Raalte († 1953)
• Harry van Doorn († 2015)
• johanna cornelia van lier, helden
• Antonius (Anton) Deplon, Buitenzorg (Ned. Indië) († 2017)
• Henderika Loedeman († 2006)
• Adriaan de Leeuw, West Knollendam († 1987)
• Cornelia Metzon, 's Gravenzande († 2016)
• Bert Golverdingen († 2007)
• Albert Egbertus Groen, Oldemarkt († 2011)

• Abraham Blok (56), Auschwitz-Birkenau, Polen-Doodsoorzaak: vermoord
• Anaatje van Bever (54), Auschwitz (concentratiekamp) Polen
• Andries AGTSTERIBBE (62), Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
• Alida Nathan (33), Oswiecim (PL)
• Aaltje van Praag (68), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Ammon Witteboon (59), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Andries Barneveld (68), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alexander Hirschfeld (56), Theresienstadt Ghetto
• Adriana Jacoba Hofman (32), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Andries Elisabethzn. Barneveld (69), Zwolle

• 1940 » Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia († 2009)
• 1940 » Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Alan Oakes, English footballer and manager
• 1942 » Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath, English businessman and politician
• 1942 » Billy Best, Scottish footballer
• 1942 » Jonathan H. Turner, American sociologist
• 1943 » Beverley McLachlin, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada
• 1944 » Bertel Haarder, Danish lawyer and politician, Education Minister of Denmark
• 1944 » Forrest Blue, American football player († 2011)
• 1944 » Peter Larter, English rugby player

• 1929 » Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1940 » José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Mario García Menocal, Cuban lawyer and politician, President of Cuba (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (b. 1855)
• 1949 » José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1883)
• 1951 » John French Sloan, American painter and etcher (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (b. 1912)
• 1954 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
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.
• May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
• July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
• July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
• September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
• October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
• November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

The temperature on September 7, 1942 was between 9.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.