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• Jan Willem Huiskamp († 2006)
• Geertje Tetty Oosterhoff, Aduard († 1945)
• Dona Jean Abbas († 2007)
• Maria Gerwig, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2021)
• Hijman Lakmaker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Elisabeth Christine Evers, Enschede,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)
• Maria Irene Mulder, Semarang, Centraal Java, Indonesië († 1988)
• Alida Elzinga († 2002)
• Wilhelmina Guurtruida Mosch, Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Aleida Johanna Maria Agnes Berendsen, Wisch

• Berendina Grada Ipskamp (44)
• Antonius Johannes Hendricus Tulleken (59), Worlmer
• Benjamin Antonius Cornelis Baden (50), Gouda
• Benjamin Louis Wucher (30), Apple Creek, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Alvey Augustus Reed (24), WAKE ISLAND, UNITED STATES TERRITORY, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Anthonius Matheus Smits (49), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Govardus (Goverd) Ba(e)ten (67), Steenbergen
• Ate Geerts Douma (68), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kalkman (88), Schiedam
• Harm Boertien (41), Hengelo

• 1939 » Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter († 1995)
• 1940 » Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1940 » Jeanie Lambe, Scottish jazz singer
• 1940 » Jorma Kaukonen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1940 » Kevin Longbottom, Australian rugby league player († 1986)
• 1940 » Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistani businessman and politician, 12th President of Pakistan
• 1940 » Robert Labine, Canadian politician
• 1941 » Peter Davis, English businessman
• 1941 » Tim Hardin, American folk singer-songwriter and musician († 1980)
• 1942 » Quentin Bryce, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia

• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)

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.
• February 9 » World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
• April 16 » World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
• June 23 » The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
• November 13 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
• November 14 » World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.
• December 10 » World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMSPrince of Wales and HMSRepulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.

The temperature on December 23, 1941 was between 2.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.