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• Bärbel Metelmann, Jarmen, Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Jarmen St.Marien († 1945)
• Auke van Slooten, Urk († 2014)
• Josephine Beatrijs Louwrensdr. Kiestra, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1992)
• Cornelis Marius Boet († 2005)
• Herman Lotterman († 2000)
• Sanders, Heerlen († 1941)
• Dirk Verhoef, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Henricus Antonius Victor van der Donck, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Elisabeth Redeker, amsterdam, Nederland († 1941)
• Johan Marie Adrianus Verhoeven, Gemeente Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)

• Ada Jane THOW (65), Auckland, New Zealand
• Albert Pooijer (Pooi) (77), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Jeths (94), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje ten Berge (71), Haarlem
• Berend Gerrits Berger (90), Oudehaske, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Jacobsdr. ten Berge (71), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Elisabeth Immaculala Godefrida van de Vorst, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Catharina Johanna Scheffers (52), Katwijk
• Antje Paap (59), Zandvoort
• Eco Helenuszn. De Wendt (63), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1939 » Billy Henderson, American singer († 2007)
• 1939 » Bulle Ogier, French actress and screenwriter
• 1939 » Hércules Brito Ruas, Brazilian footballer
• 1939 » Romano Prodi, Italian academic and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Italy
• 1939 » The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2014)
• 1939 » Vincent Hanna, Northern Irish journalist († 1997)
• 1940 » Linda Keen, American mathematician and academic
• 1942 » David Steinberg, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Jack DeJohnette, American drummer, pianist, and composer
• 1942 » Tommie Agee, American baseball player († 2001)

• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)

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 29 » Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
• March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
• April 6 » World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
• July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
• October 17 » World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
• December 24 » World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British Eighth Army.

The temperature on August 9, 1941 was between 10.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.