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• N.N. van Kooten, Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL
• Kenneth H. Hall, Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Josephina Ger Cornelia Voragen, Heerlen († 2018)
• Herbert Botelho de Andrade, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2016)
• Hubertus Josephus Maria Smelt, Laren, Nederland († 2014)
• Geert Pietersz Zwaan, Opperdoes
• Lien Schulte, Braamberg gem. Onstwedde († 2006)
• Dick Top († 2010)
• Andries Adrianus Jan Janknegt, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Johannes Antonius Maria Loijmans, Gilze en Rijen († 1997)

• Adriana Alewijnse (68), Middelburg
• Aaltjen Velsink (51), Ambt Almelo
• Barend Blomer (77)
• Augustinus Johannes Voeten (19), Baarle-Nassau
• Antoon van Wijk (69), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Antonia Eijpe (79), Wassenaar
• Agatha Mesch (44), Cook, Illinois, United States
• Arminda Magalhães Farias (72), Quarai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Anna Maria Kokelaar (76), Vlissingen
• Alberdina Geertruida van Sandwijk (72), Utrecht

• 1939 » Julie Tullis, English mountaineer († 1986)
• 1939 » Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright († 2016)
• 1939 » Ted Kaufman, American engineer and politician
• 1940 » Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health († 2019)
• 1940 » Phil Lesh, American bassist
• 1941 » Carolyn Hansson, Canadian materials engineer
• 1941 » Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1943 » David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author
• 1943 » Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop († 2014)

• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)

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.
• June 1 » World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
• August 24 » Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
• November 13 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
• December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
• December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.

The temperature on March 15, 1941 was between -1.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.