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• Hennie Koerts († 1995)
• Johannes Petrus Cornelis Hermans, Noordwijk († 2006)
• Elisabeth Anna Stam, Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Jan (Jan van Jüp) Schröder, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 2007)
• Cor Ravestijn, Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Klazina Maria Janna de Bruin, Wadenoijen († 1987)
• Antonius, Louisa VAN LOON († 1945)
• Christina Johanna (Tiny) Jungschläger († 2021)
• Cornelia Berdina Maria LAGARDE, Eindhoven († 2010)
• J. A. Collewijn, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)

• Adolf Gerard Lodewyk Fioole (50), Lier, België
• Arie van der Neut (66), Heerlen, LB, Nederland
• Albert Henry McKane (52), Greymouth, New Zealand
• Aaltjo Wubbema (0), Winschoten
• Aaltje Pen (74), Enschede
• Anna Catharina van Exel (74), Helmond
• Antonius Laurens Hermanus Stoof (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pen (74), Enschede
• Bastiaan Koole (69), Coeur d'Alene (Kootenai), Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Barend Dooseman (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1938 » Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general
• 1939 » Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist († 2003)
• 1940 » Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon
• 1941 » Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist († 2011)
• 1941 » Rosalind Baker, Australian author
• 1941 » Tommy Horton, English golfer († 2017)
• 1942 » Eddie Levert, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1942 » Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer and manager

• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)

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.
• January 23 » Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• February 23 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
• May 10 » World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
• July 20 » Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
• September 29 » World War II: German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.

The temperature on June 16, 1941 was between 8.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.