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• Hillechien Wolbers, Odoorn,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1944)
• Hendrikus Wilhelmus Tegelaers, Susteren († 1941)
• Hendricus Wilhelmus Tegelaers, Susteren († 1941)
• Ariea Jonker, Katwijk († 2013)
• Gordon Spencer, Ontario, Canada († 2009)
• Bouke Bekkema, Beetsterzwaag († 2006)
• Ariea Jonker, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Albert Pol, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Klazienaveen († 1941)
• Cornelis Gerrit van den Berg, Amersfoort († 2010)
• Eugene Achterhof, Holland (Ottawa County) (Michigan) († 1999)

• Bimmel (0), Middelburg
• Anna Gusta Sassen (76), Sittard-Geleen (Geleen) (Limburg)
• Agnes van Munster (62), Batenburg
• Berend Nicolai (57), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Fuchs (Fox) (79), Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
• Anna Augusta Sassen (76), Geleen, Sittard-Geleen
• Catharina Iliohan (72), Amersfoort
• Albert Hellenthal (91), Hasselt
• Adrianus Mol (82), Breda
• Albertus Hoorn (51), Rotterdam

• 1940 » Bobby Bell, American football player
• 1940 » Chuck Rainey, American bassist
• 1940 » George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist and academic († 2012)
• 1942 » Doğu Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Roger Steffens, American actor and producer
• 1943 » Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1943 » Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author
• 1943 » Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (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.
• 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.
• January 21 » Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
• April 6 » World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
• June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
• December 21 » World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.

The temperature on June 17, 1941 was between 6.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.