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• Caroline Glenn PETERSON, Roanoke, Virginia, United States of America († 2019)
• Johanna Veld, Tiendeveen († 2018)
• Josef Louis Nooitrust, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Vinke, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1941)
• Bernhard Juliana Irene Koning, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 1943)
• Magdalene Catho MEERMANS, As (Limburg) (B) († 2008)
• Jozef Louis Nooitrust, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Hendrik Baarslag, Oudleusen († 2021)
• Johan ter Elst, Delden († 2011)
• Gerard van Duuren, Rotterdam († 1989)

• Anthonij Cohen (88)
• Aaltje Visser (71), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Benjamin Samuel (18), Mauthausen, Oostenrijk
• Benjamin VAN LEER (31), Mauthausen, Germany
• Cornelia (Oskam) Schouten (58), Polsbroek
• Christiaan Willem Marinus Molenkamp (87), Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arjen Cornelis Slim (88), Marssum
• Antoni Kedzierski (65)
• Aart Beekman (73), Apeldoorn
• Augustina Fredrika Oostmeijer (71), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
• 1940 » Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
• 1940 » Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer († 2012)
• 1940 » Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician († 2015)
• 1941 » Merle Woo, Asian American activist
• 1941 » Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop
• 1941 » William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher († 2004)
• 1942 » Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author
• 1942 » Maggie Blye, American actress († 2016)
• 1942 » Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic

• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)

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.
• March 28 » World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.
• May 1 » World War II: German forces launch a major attack during the siege of Tobruk.
• June 1 » The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
• September 3 » The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
• September 17 » World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
• October 2 » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.

The temperature on October 24, 1941 was between 1.6 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.