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• Antonia Jacoba Karlas- († 2008)
• David Fabela, Miguel Negrete, Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico
• Elisabeth Margaretha Maria van der Heide, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 2021)
• Francina Maria Ineke Vork, Ter Aar († 2012)
• Hendricus Koek, Lisse († 2022)
• Levenloos geboren zoon van Idsinga, Malang († 1941)
• Jan Otten, Tilburg († 1992)
• Jacob Pieter de Moor, Meliskerke (Walcheren, ZL) NL († 2016)
• Larry Glen Duininck, Kandiyohi, MN
• Franciscus Joannes Hufkens, Geel, België († 1942)

• Antonia Maria Smans (64), Borgerhout
• Adele Gans (68), Holocaust
• Adriana Josephine Hubertine van Dalen (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alvie Charles Fortenberry (20), Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI
• Anna Maria Schiffelers (64), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Helena van Velzen (68), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Ludovica Wouters (67), Rijkevorsel
• Anna Wilhelmina Fundter de Bauchène (54), Beverwijk
• Alexander Hubertus Adrianus Haas (73), Delft
• Anton John Shemanski (55), Ventura County, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1940 » Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
• 1942 » Alex Johnson, American baseball player († 2015)
• 1942 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1942 » Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer († 2006)
• 1943 » Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician
• 1943 » John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot
• 1943 » Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
• 1943 » Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
• 1944 » Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer

• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)

• 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 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
• August 14 » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
• 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.
• December 20 » World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
• December 25 » Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.

The temperature on December 7, 1941 was between 0.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 17.3 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.