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• Hendricus Wilhelmus Tegelaers, Susteren († 1941)
• Hillechien Wolbers, Odoorn,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1944)
• Hendrikus Wilhelmus Tegelaers, Susteren († 1941)
• Gerard Van Batenburg, Sint Willebrord, Noord-Brabant,Netherlands († 2005)
• Dale Spencer Sherren, Victoria, Queens Co., Prince Edward Island, Canada († 2003)
• Constance Maria Vredeveld († 2004)
• Geertje van der Hogen, Marijenkampen (Steenwijkerwold) († 1998)
• Doodgeboren kind de Brouwer, Tilburg († 1941)
• Gordon Spencer, Ontario, Canada († 2009)
• Grietje Couperus, Kubaard († 1991)

• Agnes van Munster (62), Batenburg
• Aaltje Jandr Tuinman (47), Alkmaar, Noord Holland
• Arie van der Neut (66), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Fuchs (Fox) (79), Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
• Abraham Jans van der Werf (76), Dokkum
• Adrianus Mol (82), Breda
• Albertus Hoorn (51), Rotterdam
• Agnes van Munster (62), Batenburg
• Adrianus van Noordenne (55), Sliedrecht
• Adrianus GOEMAAT (67), Haarlem

• 1940 » Bobby Bell, American football player
• 1940 » Chuck Rainey, American bassist
• 1940 » George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Nicholas C. Handy, English chemist and academic († 2012)
• 1942 » Doğu Perinçek, Turkish lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Roger Steffens, American actor and producer
• 1943 » Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1943 » Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author
• 1943 » Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

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 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
• March 4 » World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
• June 1 » World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• September 17 » World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
• October 17 » World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
• December 25 » Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The temperature on June 17, 1941 was between 6.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.