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Birthday March 20, 1942

• The temperature on March 20, 1942 was between 0.6 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
  • March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
  • May 10 » World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
  • June 7 » World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
  • June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
  • November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1941 » Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner
• 1941 » Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager
• 1943 » Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings († 2015)
• 1943 » Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
• 1943 » Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer († 2018)