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• Helga ... († 2018)
• A.M. (Aagje) Kwakman, Edam / Volendam († 2021)
• Johann Dulle († 1997)
• Janna Maria Geerenstein († 2020)
• Elisabeth Antonia Irene (Elly) DE KNEGT, Arnhem, Gelderland (NL) († 1988)
• Jacob LeRoy Koppendrayer
• Cornelia Janna van den Berg, Nieuwerkerk, Schouwen-Duiveland,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1953)
• Barbara Hendrina Gerarda Maria Andrëe, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Audouin Boyer de Fonscolombe La Môle, La Môle, Var, France († 2012)
• Hubertus Adrianus Maria Klavers, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)

• Age Cnossen (68), Offingawier, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Stelten (90), Susteren, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnout Prins (6), Soerabaja, Java, Indonesia
• Beerd Dekker (29), Putten
• Haartsen (0), Nieuw en Sint Joosland
• Attze Elbertus Bouwman (1), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Westerbeek (79)
• Albert van der Jagt (70), Rhenen
• Adrianus de Gans (79), Rotterdam
• Álvaro Junqueira Peniche (67), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

• 1939 » Paul Winfield, American actor († 2004)
• 1940 » Bernard Shaw, American journalist
• 1940 » Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
• 1940 » Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor († 2011)
• 1940 » Mick Tingelhoff, American Pro Football Hall of Famer
• 1941 » Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician
• 1942 » Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
• 1942 » Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist († 1972)
• 1942 » Roger Brown, American basketball player († 1997)
• 1942 » Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)

• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)

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 29 » The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
• May 5 » Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
• May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
• June 1 » The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
• November 7 » World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
• December 11 » World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.

The temperature on May 22, 1941 was between 8.4 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.