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• Cornelia Theodora Maria Vogelaar, Leiden († 2011)
• Harke Johannes alias Arthur Jonker († 2005)
• Johannes Jozef Gerardus van Mulken, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1988)
• Annechien Roelfsema, Assen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Cornelis Nicolaas Maria den Elzen, Noordwijkerhout († 1944)
• Joseph David Chisholm, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• N.N. van Rijen, Bavel
• Jacobus (Sjaak) Kalkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1944)
• Imkje de Jonge, Eesveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Gert Jeremia Olivier, Calitzdorp, Cape Province, R.S.A. († 2009)

• Aafje Vloon (65), Zaandam 85
• Adrianus Marinus Muilwijk, Schiedam, NL
• Abraham FREDERIKS (79), Melissant, ZH, Nederland
• Aarn Sijmens Hoekstra (68), Leeuwarden
• van Hebel (0), Emmerschans, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Harm van Dijk (80), Middelstum
• Aagtje Eriks (90), Orange City, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Spaan (75), Zaandam, Nederland
• Hendrikus Kamman (63), Almelo
• Adrianus de Heij (44), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1937 » Harald V of Norway
• 1937 » Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast († 2015)
• 1938 » Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter († 2020)
• 1938 » Kel Tremain, New Zealand rugby player († 1992)
• 1940 » John Lewis, American activist and politician († 2020)
• 1940 » Peter Gethin, English race car driver († 2011)
• 1942 » Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic († 2013)
• 1943 » David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records
• 1945 » Maurice Bembridge, English golfer

• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)

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.
• March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
• April 17 » World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
• April 23 » World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
• July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
• July 6 » The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
• December 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.

The temperature on February 21, 1941 was between -0.8 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.