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• Johannes Rudophus Bernardus Banus, Stadskanaal (gem. Onstwedde),Groningen,Nederland († 1941)
• anna louisa andrea dorssers, helden
• Gerarda Petronela Ridder de, Noordwijk († 1943)
• Elisabeth Rier, Coesfeld, Coesfeld, NRW, Deutschland († 2017)
• Daniel Jean Calès, Paris,75000,Paris,Île-de-France,FRANCE,14e († 1941)
• Catharina Uhlhaas († 2021)
• Antonius Wilhlmus van der Bijl, Hermalle-ss-Arg († 1944)
• Johannes Marinus van de Peppel, Ede († 1942)
• Johannes Pieter van de Sande, Dreischor († 1941)
• Egbert Willems Wouda, Boelenslaan († 2016)

• Aminta Fonda (72), unbekannt
• Ary de Lange (76), Bergschenhoek
• Allegonda Helena Ritmeijer (60), Utrecht
• Allegonda_Helena Ritmeijer (60), Utrecht
• Alberdina van der Molen (71), Alteveer, Nederland
• Alexandrine, Susanne Meijer (44), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van Ewijk (58)
• Anna Johanna Kunne (70), Losser, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barend Huibert Slot (87), Putten, GE, Gelderland, Pays-Bas
• Jan Hartman (90), Hoogeveen

• 1939 » Michèle Mercier, French actress
• 1939 » Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman
• 1939 » Senfronia Thompson, American politician
• 1941 » Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1942 » Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast (doubtful)
• 1942 » Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician
• 1942 » Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
• 1942 » Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian pilot and cosmonaut († 2005)
• 1943 » Don Novello, American comedian, screenwriter and producer

• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)

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.
• March 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
• May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
• May 24 » World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMSHood, killing all but three crewmen.
• November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.
• December 11 » World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
• December 25 » Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.

The temperature on January 1, 1941 was between -7.0 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -5.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.