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• Eileen Ann Hahn, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa († 2021)
• John W. Venhuizen, Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• LaVerne Darrel Peters († 1998)
• Carolus Timotheus Wilhelmus Kortenhorst, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1970)
• Alida Renate Klijnstra, Raalte († 2014)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Geerts, Empel († 1941)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Kortebein († 1991)
• Kenneth Cooper Beall, Mississippi, United States
• Linda L Wood († 1989)
• Huberta Petronella Maria (Bep) Barendse († 2018)

• Anna Henderina Siefers (84), Eindhoven
• Adriana Korthals (53), Sluis
• Anna Henderina Siefers (84), Eindhoven
• Alois Vandepoele (78), Handzame
• Anna Scheel (79), Utrecht
• Aaltje Brontsema (100), Holland (Ottawa County) (Michigan)
• Adriaan Ansems (62), Eindhoven
• Anthonius Johannes Tersteeg (79), Jutphaas
• Aaltje Rorije (Roije,van Rorije,Rozije,van de Rorije) (60)
• Anna Maria van der Lee (60), Vlijmen

• 1937 » Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano
• 1940 » Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1941 » Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician († 1999)
• 1942 » Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician
• 1942 » John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1943 » Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
• 1943 » Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator

• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)

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.
• April 1 » A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
• July 26 » World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments.
• September 8 » World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
• December 24 » World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British Eighth Army.
• 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 4, 1941 was between -4.9 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -3.6 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.