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• carlo Quarteroni, Ornica, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia († 2008)
• Hildegard (Hilde) Schneider, Delden, 7491, Nederland († 2021)
• Giuseppe DI TONNO, Padua (Padua) (I) († 1998)
• Cornelis van der Pas, Dordrecht († 1975)
• Barbara Helena Rotteveel, Alkmaar († 1943)
• Dewey Robert Hoskins, Leslie, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Carol Jean Hoskins, Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Frits Jacobusz Heijkoop, IJmuiden († 1997)
• Frits Heijkoop, Ijmuiden († 1997)
• Cornelis van der Pas (Cees), Dordrecht († 1975)

• Arend Kragt (71), Kampen, Ov, The Netherlands
• Allan D. Marsh (72), Santa Fe, Auglaize Co., Ohio
• Adriaan de Kraker (35), Breskens
• Aaltje Gelderman (81), Heerde
• Barendina Johanna Heij (73), Warnsveld, 7232, Nederland
• Agatha Janna van Bennekom (88), (GL) Tiel
• Anne BERDER (72), Plabennec, 29160, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Arie Cornelis Laagwater (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• August Frans Gottlieb Zeller (82), Bennekom
• Alida Hoetmer (78), Hilversum

• 1938 » Carl Gunter, Jr., American politician († 1999)
• 1938 » Nico, German singer-songwriter, model, and actress († 1988)
• 1940 » Barry Corbin, American actor and producer
• 1940 » Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach († 2003)
• 1940 » Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist († 2009)
• 1941 » Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician
• 1941 » Tim McCarver, American baseball player, sportscaster, and singer
• 1943 » Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1944 » Kaizer Motaung, South African footballer and manager
• 1945 » Stefan Buczacki, English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host

• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)
• 1957 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1959 » George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Adrianus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Petrus
12. Robert
13. Gerardus
14. Jacobus
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Helena
12. Margaretha
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Geertruida
16. Jacoba

• 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 8.9 million citizens.
• January 19 » World War II: HMSGreyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 40 miles (64km) northeast of Falkonera.
• March 7 » Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
• July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
• September 5 » Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
• December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.

The temperature on October 16, 1941 was between 6.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.