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• Carolina de Boer, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1943)
• Hendrik Jan Wentink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Audrey Jane Kruse, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 1941)
• Oost, Heerlen
• Maria Lucia Miró de Queiroz, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil († 2006)
• Elza Willemen, Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België († 1945)
• Johannes Barel, 's-Gravenzande († 2006)
• Gerardus Henricus Hoogervorst, Oegstgeest († 2008)
• Jacob Braam († 1967)
• Joan M. LANDES, Pennsylvania, VS († 2011)

• Augustus Aloysius Wullaert (70), Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aaffien TUIN (93), Zuidbroek, 9636, Nederland
• Arie Aanen (67), Egmond aan Zee
• Aaltje Swier (83), Moxee District, Yakima County, Washington
• Cornelia Constantia DE NEF (90), Ekeren, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Anna Maria Helena Schrijen (0), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Arij Lange (76), Bergschenhoek
• Adriana de Graaf (44), Rotterdam
• Antonia van Grunsven (57), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Aanen (67), Egmond aan Zee

• 1939 » Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 1939 » George Archer, American golfer († 2005)
• 1940 » Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
• 1940 » Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist, and author of the best-seller, Women and Madness (1972)
• 1940 » Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1942 » David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
• 1942 » Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
• 1942 » Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer
• 1942 » Herb Fame, American R&B singer
• 1942 » Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1973)

• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)

• 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 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
• April 15 » In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.
• September 1 » The Nazis execute 2,500 Jews by shooting in Ostroh, Ukraine.
• October 17 » World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
• December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
• December 16 » World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak.

The temperature on October 1, 1941 was between 4.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.