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• Henri Jacobus Johannes Wilhelmus van 't Padje, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Maring, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1941)
• Birgitte Fisscher, Duitsland († 2008)
• Dick van der Veur, Nederland († 2015)
• Jacobus Cornelis Maria Hogervorst, Noordwijkerhout († 2023)
• N.N., Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Henri Jacobus Johannes Wilhelmus van 't Padje, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1995)
• Jan van den Berge, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Jantje Vos, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1941)
• Ellen A {Greene} Belile, New York, United States of America († 2010)

• Adriaan Bil (77), Zierikzee (ZLD)
• Anna Maria Joseph de Koning (31), Alkmaar
• Annie Kalfus Millar (84)
• Anna Hirschig (71)
• Anne Scheenstra (77), Enschede
• Adriana van Tilborg (15), Bergen op Zoom
• Afra Maria van der Laan (65), Assendelft,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annichje Bartelds (53), Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Kwekkeboom (76), Losser, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agatha Gertrude Joffer (54), Parker, Turner County, South Dakota

• 1939 » Alan Wilson, English mathematician and academic
• 1939 » Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
• 1939 » Ruth Maleczech, American actress († 2013)
• 1940 » Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer
• 1940 » Mark Bretscher, English biologist and academic
• 1941 » Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1942 » Junichirō Koizumi, Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1942 » Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1942 » Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author († 2018)
• 1942 » Yvette Mimieux, American actress

• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general (b. 1857)
• 1942 » Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (b. 1919)
• 1944 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)

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.
• February 23 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• April 1 » A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
• October 11 » Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
• December 1 » World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
• December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
• December 10 » World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMSPrince of Wales and HMSRepulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.

The temperature on January 8, 1941 was between -5.6 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.