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• Timmermans, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 2001)
• NN Daling, Groningen († 1941)
• Jean Marie Wendt, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Hendrina Catharina Petronella Jacobus, Hillegom, ZUI, Nederland († 1948)
• Geert Zwaan, Opperdoes († 1941)
• John Bernard Heubel, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Ena Blendeman, Stekene (B), België († 1987)
• Hans de Graaf, Tilburg († 1990)
• Hendrina Catharina Petronella Heemskerk, Hillegom († 1948)
• Nicolaas Theodorus BOS, Groningen,Groningen,,Nederland († 1970)

• Antoon van Wijk (69), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arminda Magalhães Farias (72), Quarai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Adrianus Nooij (24), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Evenhuis (75), Siddeburen, Nederland
• Antonius Helmer - (91), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba van Sluisdam (89), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arent MEIJERS (87), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anthonius Christiaan Brands (55), Born
• Adriana van Straten (67), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Gertrud Ploum (35), Kerkrade (L

• 1939 » Julie Tullis, English mountaineer († 1986)
• 1939 » Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright († 2016)
• 1939 » Ted Kaufman, American engineer and politician
• 1940 » Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health († 2019)
• 1940 » Phil Lesh, American bassist
• 1941 » Carolyn Hansson, Canadian materials engineer
• 1941 » Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1943 » David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author
• 1943 » Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop († 2014)

• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)

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.
• March 28 » World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.
• May 2 » Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
• July 31 » The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."
• September 3 » The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
• September 27 » The SSPatrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
• November 24 » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.

The temperature on March 15, 1941 was between -1.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.