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• Hendrik jan Pestman, Slochteren († 2021)
• Albert Etto Lanting, Sneek († 2004)
• Cecilia Elisabeth Maria Huneker, Haarlem († 2001)
• Kenneth Stephen Watson, South Carolina, United States of America († 1963)
• Jeanne P Webb, Massachusetts († 2001)
• Gerardus Henricus van Kessel, Nistelrode († 1995)
• Hol, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1941)
• Klaas Boers, Leeuwarden († 1993)
• Curtis Leroy Schoon, Brookings, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Johanna Duineveld, Wormer († 2015)

• Albert Pieter DIKKER (65), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Waals (67), Oegstgeest
• Catharina Stoffelen (91), Steenbergen
• Arend Noordijk (94), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• Arentje Beschiersd. de Korte (88), Middelharnis (ZH Nederland)
• Arendje (Arentje) de KORTE Bdr (88), Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Catherina Stoffelen (81), Steenbergen
• Aart Klaassens (57), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alan Blakford Arthur (79), California
• * Cornelis van Stenis (69), Noordeloos

• 1938 » Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1939 » Claudio Magris, Italian scholar, author, and translator
• 1940 » Gloria Hunniford, British radio and television host
• 1941 » Harold Long, Canadian politician († 2013)
• 1941 » Paul Theroux, American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer
• 1942 » Ian Callaghan, English footballer
• 1942 » Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1942 » Stuart Dybek, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
• 1943 » Andrzej Badeński, Polish-German sprinter († 2008)
• 1943 » Margaret Pemberton, English author

• 1931 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)
• 1938 » King Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
• 1942 » Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor and director (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Andreas Faehlmann, Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)
• 1954 » Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)

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 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
• May 1 » World War II: German forces launch a major attack during the siege of Tobruk.
• May 22 » During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.
• September 27 » The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
• September 28 » World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
• December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.

The temperature on April 10, 1941 was between -1.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.