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• Jan Willem (Wil) de Jonge, Eindhoven Noord-Brabant Nederland († 2007)
• Henricus Petrus Johannes Verdaasdonk, Gilze en Rijen († 1990)
• Maria Josina Vermaat, Schoorl († 2020)
• Thomas Jerome Brown, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky († 1990)
• Albert Dobben, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Arend Hartman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Maria Ida Josina (Ida) Patings, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Evelyn Byrd Byrdie Gates, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Merlin Phillip Roberts, Kamiah, Lewis County, Idaho († 2006)
• Richard Anthony Ahrens, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1991)

• Anna Jans Rijnia (69), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Cecilia van der Leek (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anke KUURSTRA (74), Franeker
• Baron Sigismund of Bodmann (57), Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• Ana Schramm (75), Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anna Margaretha Wübben (46), Lingen (Emsland)
• Binne Rinderts Brinkman (71), Kollumerzwaag, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland
• Binne Brinkman (71), Zwagerveen, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Aize Jans de Jong (85), Gaast, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Blanche Josephine Catherine KOLB (50), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie

• 1938 » Emidio Greco, Italian director and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1939 » Patrick Hughes, English painter, illustrator, and photographer
• 1940 » Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa, Cameroonian filmmaker
• 1940 » Kathy Kirby, English singer († 2011)
• 1940 » Robert Pinsky, American poet and critic
• 1941 » Anneke Wills, English actress
• 1942 » Bart Zoet, Dutch cyclist († 1992)
• 1942 » Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Earl Hindman, American actor († 2003)
• 1943 » Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano and actress

• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)

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 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
• June 1 » World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
• September 28 » Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
• October 29 » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
• December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
• December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

The temperature on October 20, 1941 was between 7.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.