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• Pleuntje Jacoba van der Peijl, Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 2009)
• Franciscus H C M Hermans, Klundert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1968)
• Evelyn Louise Nuxhall, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Catharina Verhulst, Standdaarbuiten († 1941)
• Aart Van Hemert, Montfoort († 2003)
• Ber de Bresser, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Hendrik Anthonie (Henkie) DEUNHOUWER, Den Haag († 1941)
• Marijke de Vries, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1945)
• Cornelis Jacobus Huiskamp, Arnhem (Arnhem), Gelderland, Nederland († 1941)
• Alfons Van Rulo, Herentals,, Antwerpen, België († 2014)

• Aagje de Leeuw (65), Alkmaar
• Anna Catharina van de Mortel (86), Weert
• Abraham de Jong (62), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Eduard Mau (73), Hamburg, Deutschland
• Auguste Marie de Lécluse (62), Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
• Adrianus van de Water (75), Gouda
• Adriana Elizabeth van Kalken (80), Rotterdam
• Anna Engelina Soelman (75), Horsten Musselkanaal
• Adriana Bolk (78), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Isaac Riesenfeld (64)

• 1939 » John Kingman, English mathematician and academic
• 1940 » Roger Pingeon, French cyclist († 2017)
• 1940 » William Cohen, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Defense
• 1941 » John Stanley Marshall, English drummer
• 1941 » Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator
• 1941 » Paul Plishka, American opera singer
• 1941 » Toomas Leius, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 1942 » Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardinal
• 1942 » Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist († 1995)
• 1942 » Wendy Davies, Welsh historian and academic

• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)

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.
• May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
• May 27 » World War II: The German battleshipBismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
• June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
• July 16 » Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
• October 30 » President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
• December 24 » World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British Eighth Army.

The temperature on August 28, 1941 was between 10.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.