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• doodgeboren kind, Doorn († 1941)
• Daniel Zwiers, Michigan, United States († 2014)
• GEERTRUIDA BROEKHUIS, Hilversum († 2000)
• Clarence Edward Tinervin, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Donald Ray 'Don' Todd ****, Terry, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Jantinus Tolner, Assen († 1941)
• Daniel Vandevoorde, Hooglede († 2013)
• Harold Lewis Winstead [S Bu], Newton County, Arkansas († 2001)
• Catharina Gomes, Warmenhuizen (gem. Schagen, NH) († 2009)
• Anneke Broers, Anna Paulowna († 2002)

• Albertus Dekker (38), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Gils (64), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Bruijn (93), Vlaardingen
• Andrew Willis Heisler (72), Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Markx (69), Beverwijk
• Aaltje Allon (53), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Scholten (88), Zwolle
• Jeanne Marie Zwaan (0), Leiden
• Agnes Maria Catharina Antonis (49), Boxtel
• Antje Hoitinga Speelman (92), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands

• 1938 » Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer
• 1938 » Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer
• 1938 » Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author
• 1939 » Joe Pitts, American captain and politician
• 1940 » Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician († 2010)
• 1941 » Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist († 1995)
• 1941 » Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Janis Hansen, American singer and author († 2017)
• 1942 » Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania († 2013)
• 1943 » Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer

• 1922 » Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (b. 1866)
• 1927 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)
• 1927 » Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1935 » Gustave Loiseau, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)
• 1957 » Karl Genzken, German physician (b. 1885)

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.
• May 24 » World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMSHood, killing all but three crewmen.
• July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
• July 6 » The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
• December 11 » World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
• December 12 » Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
• December 24 » World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.

The temperature on October 10, 1941 was between 10.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 29.7 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.