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• Klaas Jonker, Broek op Langedijk († 2007)
• Dina (Alberdina Alida) Dunning, Sleen, Nederland († 2008)
• Houwer, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Theodorr van Wendel de Joode, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Frederike Wilhelmina Cornelia Beuk, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2011)
• Hemke VAN DER ZWAAG, Wouterswoude (Dantumadiel) Friesland Netherlands († 1941)
• Johan Hendrik Jurriens, Apeldoorn († 2014)
• Hermine Johanna Maria Effting, Hengelo († 2020)
• Hemke van der Zwaag († 1941)
• Kees Bleijerveld, Eindhoven († 2010)

• Adriana van den Berg (69), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje Kattenberg (70), Ysselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Frederika Kocks (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Guérain (0), Delft
• Anje Wierema (77), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van Tussenbroek (72), Rotterdam
• - van der Helm (0), Delft
• Anna Geertrui van Wijk (73), Rotterdam
• Amandus Gustavus Moris (62), Mechelen 2800, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Adriana Elisabeth Voorendt (55), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1938 » Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician († 2013)
• 1940 » Bob Hewitt, Australian-South African tennis player
• 1940 » Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer († 2007)
• 1940 » Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer († 2013)
• 1941 » Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician († 2014)
• 1941 » Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist
• 1941 » Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor († 2005)
• 1942 » Bernardine Dohrn, American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic
• 1944 » Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist
• 1944 » Joe Frazier, American boxer († 2011)

• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)

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. Cornelia
4. Anna
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.
• May 8 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
• May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
• September 17 » World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
• October 20 » World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
• October 22 » World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
• December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

The temperature on January 12, 1941 was between -4.8 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.