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• Gary Richard Lehmann, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN († 1960)
• Count Christoph of Spreti, Kapfing († 1948)
• Jentje Derks ten Napel, Vollenhove († 2001)
• John Carroll Floyd, Casey County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Jannes Wolff, Wezep (Oldebroek), Nederland († 1970)
• Alewijn van Dijk († 2020)
• Judith Lee "Judy" Sheffield, Hammond, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Hendrikus M. Velthuijzen, Leiden († 2011)
• Hedde van der Lugt († 1944)
• Greet Kuijpers, Waalwijk († 2001)

• Benjamin Nieweg (53), Groningen
• Anna Oostenbroek (88), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Bonis (89), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Robijn (64), Dirksland
• Antoon Janssen (73), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Arnzen (78), Noordwijk
• Bertha May Story Valentine [Ks] (47), Akron, Summit County, Ohio
• Beulah Viola Gamble Suggs [Os] (61), Tyler, Smith County, Texas
• Arbutus Marie Brown (31), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Auguste Charles Marie Hubert CANOY (64), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland

• 1939 » Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security
• 1939 » Richard Serra, American sculptor and academic
• 1940 » Jim Bakken, American football player
• 1940 » Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player
• 1941 » Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications
• 1941 » Brian Poole, English pop-rock singer
• 1941 » Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » Dave Stockton, American golfer
• 1942 » Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator
• 1942 » Stefanie Powers, American actress

• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)

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.
• February 9 » World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
• March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
• May 15 » Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
• 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.
• November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
• December 20 » World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.

The temperature on November 2, 1941 was between 0.7 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.