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• Bob Bergsma, Amsterdam
• Hercules Johannes SWANEPOEL, Windsorton († 1999)
• NN Leuvenink, Gorssel († 1941)
• Gé Friskes († 2009)
• Harry Lee COOK († 1989)
• Anna, Maria, Johanna, Helena GULICKX, Geertruidenberg († 1943)
• James Richard Lange, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Andreas Paffen, Kerkrade (L
• Martin Frank Ozinga, Evergreen Park, IL
• Frits Aarts, Tegelen, Venlo († 1995)

• Aleida Maria Schuurman (75), Bennebroek
• Armand M. H. VOSSIUS (60), Heers, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anthony William Federspiel (47), Allen, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• adriaantje VELD (76), goudswaard
• Antje Tewes (71), Amsterdam
• Caspar Henri Rudolph Hülsenbeck (72), Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arie Kuijntjes (61), Gorinchem(ZH)
• Anna Francina Dorrestijn (75), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Adrianus Bouwman (16), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Ouderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham Temmen (73), Groningen

• 1940 » Arieh Warshel, Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist
• 1940 » Ediz Hun, Turkish actor and politician
• 1940 » Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1940 » Wendy Doniger, American indologist
• 1941 » Dr. John, American singer and songwriter († 2019)
• 1941 » Oliver Sipple, U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran († 1989)
• 1942 » Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1942 » Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States
• 1942 » Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Robert Costanzo, American actor, director, and producer

• 1936 » Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1938 » Edwin Hall, American physicist (b. 1855)
• 1938 » Maud of Wales, queen of Norway (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Arturo Bocchini, Chief of Police under the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Robert Lane, Canadian footballer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Tim Coleman, English footballer (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)
• 1944 » Maria Jacobini, Italian actress (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

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 1 » World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
• May 15 » Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
• July 10 » Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne.
• July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
• September 17 » World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
• December 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.

The temperature on November 20, 1941 was between 0.3 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.