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Born on Tuesday February 11, 1941
Died on Tuesday February 11, 1941

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 11, 1941 at Delpher


Born on February 11
  • 1937 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA († 1990)
  • 1938 » Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer († 2018)
  • 1939 » Gerry Goffin, American songwriter († 2014)
  • 1940 » Mick Staton, American soldier and politician († 2014)
  • 1941 » Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
  • 1942 » Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter († 2016)
  • 1943 » Alan Rubin, American trumpet player († 2011)
  • 1943 » Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
  • 1944 » Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
  • 1944 » Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician († 2016)

Died on February 11

Names that were popular for boys in 1941
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1941
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1941
  • 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.
  • April 28 » The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
  • October 8 » World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
  • December 5 » World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
  • December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
  • December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
Weather February 11, 1941

The temperature on February 11, 1941 was between -1.2 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI