About the day » Thursday October 23, 1941Calender converter

• Jacobus Cornelis Franciscus Smit, Delft († 1990)
• David Russell Haynes, Bell Buckle, Bedford County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1942)
• Margaretha Mathilde Edelenbos, Anna Paulowna, nh.nld († 2009)
• NN Luurs, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1941)
• Maria Hubertina Josephina Janssen, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1996)
• Boudewijn Gerard Antoon Welling, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Agnes Deleu, Pipaix, Waals Gewest, België († 1990)
• Hendrik L. Alta, Terschelling († 1973)
• Jakobus Klaas Munsterman († 2022)
• Lourens Leendert Sonneveld, Rotterdam († 1942)

• Anne Marie Blaauw (64), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Catharina Copier (78), Leiden
• Albert van der Velde (79), Oldebroek
• Alida Wilhelmina Kool (88), Tiel
• "Agnès" Antoinette Louise Edmonde Claret de Fleurieu (50), Escolives-Sainte-Camille, Yonne, France
• Anna Maria Lannoij (92), Haarlem
• Anna Tjippes (53), Beverwijk
• Aaltje Gils (72)
• Anna Elisabeth Francisca Vincentia Coolen (1), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Abraham Jacobus Hoogendijk (0), Vledder,, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1940 » Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Raindrops) († 2009)
• 1940 » Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector
• 1940 » Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor
• 1941 » Colin Milburn, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1941 » Igor Smirnov, Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
• 1941 » René Metge, French rally driver
• 1942 » Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop († 2007)
• 1942 » Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager
• 1942 » Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic
• 1942 » Michael Crichton, American author, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)

• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)

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 20 » A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
• May 20 » World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
• June 1 » World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• July 6 » The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
• November 13 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
• December 25 » Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The temperature on October 23, 1941 was between 2.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.