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• Margaret Andersson, Kaapstad († 2010)
• Leanna RILEY, Hollywood Mississippi VS († 2004)
• Hermanus Johannes Velner, Wassenaar († 2018)
• Albert Spin, Havelte, Nederland
• DeWayne Eugene LaRue, Merservey, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa († 2007)
• Layton Smith, Pennsylvania, United States († 2013)
• Anna Wilhelmina Wouters, Tilburg († 1941)
• N.N. Trouw, Wouw, NL († 1941)
• Doodgeboren kind van Rijn, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Jacobus Johannes De Wet, Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa († 2006)

• Anne Eliza Hale (75), Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje Vlijm (34), Elspeet
• Andries Heedzes Rinzema (63)
• Antonia Maria Robins (37), Bergen, Nederland
• Aafje Meijer (81)
• Andries Heedze Rinzema (62)
• Adriana Maria Helena Cleuters (51), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie de Ridder (59), Amsterdam
• Anna Cornelia Jongeneelen (76), Hillegersberg
• Aartje Vlijm (34), Apeldoorn

• 1940 » Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1940 » James Cromwell, American actor
• 1940 » Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
• 1940 » Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1940 » Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist († 1981)
• 1942 » John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian († 2019)
• 1942 » Kate Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1986)
• 1942 » Maki Asakawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)
• 1942 » Tasuku Honjo, Japanese immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine

• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)

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. Petronella
10. Catharina
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.
• April 16 » World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
• May 6 » The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
• August 22 » World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
• September 11 » Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
• 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.
• November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.

The temperature on January 27, 1941 was between -4.5 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.