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Born on Sunday November 16, 1941
- Jantje Keen, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
- N.N. van Ginkel, Ede, Gld, NL († 1941)
- Margaretha Aleida Grummel, Barger Oosterveld, Nederland († 1997)
- Cornelius Petrus Maria van Oosterhout, Etten-Leur († 1943)
- Antonio Carlos DA SILVA, São Paulo,São Paulo,Brasil († 2008)
- Margaretha Aleida Grummel, Barger-Oosterveld, Emmen († 1997)
- Henderika Abas van Baale, Rotterdam († 1942)
- Daniel A. Metiva, Saginaw, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
- Albert (Appie) Schipper, Emmen († 2018)
- Johannis Gertrudis Wilhelmus van HAZENDONK, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1942)
Died on Sunday November 16, 1941
- Antoinette Maria Sjamaar (0), Utrecht
- Anna Maria Catharina Slaats (55), Weert
- Albert Jan van den Born (54), Oosterbeek
- Aart Kamerman (80), Rotterdam
- Antje Kok (77), Castricum
- Anna Maria Peters (64), Sonsbeck, Deutschland
- Antonia Kromwijk (43), Rotterdam
- Agatha Catharina WIERINGA (84), Groningen
- Alida Hille (60), Aalsmeer
- Aagtje BRANDENBURG (84), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 16, 1941 at Delpher
Born on November 16
- 1938 » Ahmed Bouanani, Moroccan filmmaker († 2011)
- 1938 » Kang Ning-hsiang, Taiwanese politician
- 1938 » Walter Learning, Canadian actor († 2020)
- 1939 » Michael Billington, English author and critic
- 1940 » Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1941 » Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist
- 1941 » Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1941 » Gerry Marshall, English race car driver († 2005)
- 1942 » Joanna Pettet, English-Canadian actress
- 1942 » Willie Carson, Scottish jockey and sportscaster
Died on November 16
- 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
- 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
- 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
- 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
- 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
- 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
- 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
- 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
- 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
- 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
Names that were popular for boys in 1941
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Petrus
- Robert
- Gerardus
- Jacobus
- Antonius
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1941
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Catharina
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Grietje
- Aaltje
- Geertruida
- Jacoba
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1941
- 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 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
- July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
- August 15 » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
- October 20 » World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
- December 1 » World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
- December 7 » World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
Weather November 16, 1941
The temperature on November 16, 1941 was between -5.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.