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• Gerardus Hendrikus Maria Hermsen, Heijen, Nederland († 1946)
• Ad De Hond, Roosendaal († 2002)
• Eddy Dekkers († 2000)
• Johan Stekelenburg, Maarssen († 2003)
• Harm Seine, Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2015)
• Johannes Stekelenburg, Maarssen († 2003)
• Antonius Johannes van der Lans, Hillegom († 2004)
• Geesje de Jong, Appelscha, Ooststellingwerf († 2024)
• Bep KWAKMAN († 2020)
• Huibert Jan Coenraad (Huib) van den Brink, Rheden

• Anthonie Wesselo (54), Utrecht
• Beeuw Valkema (35), Wymbritseradeel
• Berend Stibbe (77), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Jans Meijer (Meyer) (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Basile Josephus Mellemans (32), Alken, België
• Antje Everts Hoofdmann (40), Simonswolde
• Anna Maria van Schaik (73), Amersfoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Van der Nol (48), 's-Gravenzande,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Oprins (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Benjamin Philip PIJPEMAN (21), Mauthausen, Österreich

• 1939 » Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2006)
• 1939 » Ron Rifkin, American actor
• 1939 » Tom O'Connor, English actor and game show host
• 1940 » Craig Rodwell, American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop († 1993)
• 1940 » Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English businesswoman and politician
• 1941 » Dan Alderson, American scientist and academic († 1989)
• 1941 » Derek Bell, English race car driver
• 1941 » Sally Kirkland, American actress
• 1941 » Werner Krieglstein, Czech-American philosopher and academic
• 1942 » David Ogden Stiers, American actor († 2018)

• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)

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. Catharina
10. Petronella
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.
• March 7 » Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
• April 23 » World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
• September 27 » The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
• October 22 » World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
• December 12 » World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.

The temperature on October 31, 1941 was between -1.5 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.