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• Jacob Harmens Bosma († 2003)
• Johannes Petrus Cornelis Hermans, Noordwijk († 2006)
• Cornelis Adrianus Smit, De Westen (Texel) († 1962)
• Jacobus G (Jack) Bond, Volendam († 2008)
• Aad OVERWEEL († 2013)
• Hennie Koerts († 1995)
• Geziena Broekema, Delfzijl († 1943)
• Anna Fransen, Rottedam († 2021)
• Johannes Petrus Cornelis Hermans, Noordwijk († 2006)
• Judith E. Wallack, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania († 1982)

• Anna Petronella van Donselaar (65), 's Gravenhage
• Berber Westerterp (75), Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Walboom (74), Leersum
• Albertus Johannes van de Flier (77), Lienden
• Anthonie Johannes Ladenberg (88), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna, Catharina van Exel (74), Helmond (noord-brabant)
• Almeda M. Russell (76), Graves, Kentucky, United States
• Anthonie Johannes Ladenberg (88), Middelburg
• Adolphus Gerardus Ludovicus Fioole (50), Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Andre Andries Block (לבית Blok) (71), Exeter, Devon, UK

• 1938 » Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general
• 1939 » Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist († 2003)
• 1940 » Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon
• 1941 » Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist († 2011)
• 1941 » Rosalind Baker, Australian author
• 1941 » Tommy Horton, English golfer († 2017)
• 1942 » Eddie Levert, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1942 » Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer and manager

• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)

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. Petronella
10. Catharina
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.
• April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
• April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
• June 3 » World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
• November 7 » World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
• December 25 » Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The temperature on June 16, 1941 was between 8.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.