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• Maria Burgers, Apeldoorn († 2017)
• Levenloos Geboren KWAKMAN, Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Jantje Jantiena Vos, Klazienaveen, Nederland († 2007)
• Dirk van Asperen, Papendrecht († 2007)
• Aad (HJP) Horsten, Tilburg († 2008)
• Bonifácio Schmitz, Taió, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1941)
• Maria Marcella Machiels, Stevoort, België († 1941)
• Cornelis Franciscus Gerardus Calis, Laren († 2017)
• Jan Remmelzwaal, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Jacob Davelaar († 1998)

• Schlimback (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Neuteboom (69), Leiden
• Apolonia Maria van Zwieten (69), Alkemade
• Antonius Marinus de Rooden (66), Den Haag
• Aaltje Zoet (91), Doornspijk, Gld, The Netherlands
• Anton Reinier Meijer (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna-catharina Vanmechelen (74), Werbeek,retie
• Adriana Knopper (52), Maartensdijk, UT Netherlands
• Adrianus Daniel van de Laar (57), Ammerzoden
• Augustine TILKIN, BRUXELLES, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique

• 1939 » Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian († 2016)
• 1940 » Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
• 1940 » George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
• 1940 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1982)
• 1941 » Ada den Haan, Dutch swimmer
• 1942 » Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician († 2014)
• 1942 » Byron Dorgan, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Malise Ruthven, Irish author and academic
• 1942 » Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
• 1942 » Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper († 2003)

• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)

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.
• January 29 » Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
• September 1 » The Nazis execute 2,500 Jews by shooting in Ostroh, Ukraine.
• October 2 » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.
• October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
• December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
• December 28 » World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

The temperature on May 14, 1941 was between 5.8 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.