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• Johannes Antonius Kienstra († 1986)
• Jeffrey Maxwell WYNWOOD († 1942)
• Gerhardus Johannes Reuvekamp, Zwolle († 1941)
• Ferdie Bastiaansen, Hoogerheide († 2021)
• Isabelle de Pury
• Henry Wilhelmus Maria Braam, Weurt, Nederland († 2022)
• Adriana M.M Bergmans, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Dirkje Kreukniet, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana M.M. Bergmans, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2003)
• Andries Westra, Drogeham († 2007)

• Adolfina Mathilda Jozefina Scheepers (44), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adrianus Kaasenbrood (81), Haarlem
• Augustinus Horemans (78), Herenthout, België
• Casper Imming (0), Velp (Rheden)
• Adolfina Mathilda Josephina Scheepers (44), Ginniken en Bavel
• Amelia Peters (41), Appleton, Outagamie county, Wisconsin (USA)
• Anna Petronella van Ingen (77), Dodewaard
• Albert Visscher (81), Ambt Vollenhove
• Adolphina Mathilda Josephina Scheepers (44), Ginniken en Bavel
• Anna Gregoria Bisschops (0), Mill en Sint Hubert (N.Br.)

• 1938 » J. J. Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1940 » Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
• 1940 » Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2012)
• 1940 » Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
• 1940 » Tony Crafter, Australian cricket umpire
• 1942 » Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach († 2017)
• 1943 » Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, South Korean cardinal
• 1943 » Eva Joly, Norwegian-French judge and politician
• 1944 » Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor, director, and producer
• 1945 » Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist

• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)

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 15 » Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
• August 31 » World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
• November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
• November 25 » HMSBarham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
• December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
• December 6 » World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.

The temperature on December 5, 1941 was between 5.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.