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• * Gijsbertha Jacoba (Bertha) de Kluijver, Hardinxveld († 2012)
• Nn Jonker († 1941)
• Hendrika Berendina Schuiteman, Ouwendorp, gem. Apeldoorn († 2022)
• Jo Ann Kirleis, Millstadt, St Clair County, Illinois († 2013)
• Stoffer Berend Snippe, Vriezenveen († 1995)
• NN (tweeling) Bove, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Evert van den Hoek, Hilversum († 2009)
• cornelis gijsbertus BEUSEKOM, zaltbommel († 2023)
• Bonnie Evelyn McNitt, Chicago, Illinois († 1994)
• Linda NN († 2024)

• Casper de Boer (68), Alkmaar
• Bertha Julia Zajdowicz (48), Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
• Arnoldus Ketelaar (75), Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland
• van der Velden, Westerhoven
• Albartus Johannes Kamphuis (68), Vriezenveen
• Anna Maria Stadeler (72), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Bailey, child 11 (61), Cessnock, NSW
• Casperdina van Eijk (48), Delft, Nederland
• Charles Sapieha-Kodenski (21)
• Aaltje van Donkersgoed (15), Apeldoorn

• 1939 » Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1939 » Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach
• 1939 » William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
• 1940 » Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player († 2008)
• 1940 » Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist († 1994)
• 1941 » Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer († 2011)
• 1941 » Harrison Page, American actor
• 1941 » János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer († 2014)
• 1942 » Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
• 1942 » Daryl Dragon, American keyboard player and songwriter († 2019)

• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1956 » Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894)

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.
• May 8 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
• June 5 » World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
• June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
• December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
• December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
• December 26 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

The temperature on August 27, 1941 was between 10.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.