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• Christianus Marinus Nijssen, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• levenloos kind Muijen, Hengelo († 1941)
• Hans Gerard Blog, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Agatha (Ada) Vreugdenhil, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2012)
• Aron van de Kar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Everardus Franciscus Messemaeker, Bergen op Zoom († 1971)
• Alice Christine Damvelt, Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., MI († 1963)
• Helena Kleijweg, Den Haag († 1996)
• Antonia Josephina Maria van Zelst, Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland († 1942)
• Johannes Van Dinteren, Hank, 4273, Nederland († 1985)

• Adrianus van der Hoek (64), Heenvliet
• Arendina van GROOTHEEST (46), Bennekom (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Albert Oppenheim (58), Riga, Letland
• Catharina Linders (87), Ossendrecht
• Abraham de Leeuwe (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Bosveld (28), Utrecht
• Bertha Maria Dirks LOPPERSUM (60), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexina Jane Orr (48), 's Gravenhage
• Alida Jantina Driessen (87), Voorburg
• Alida Jantina Driessen (87), Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1940 » Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1941 » Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1941 » Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author († 2013)
• 1942 » Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1942 » Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 1942 » Fred Jones, Australian rugby league player
• 1942 » Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2014)
• 1942 » Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author († 2014)
• 1942 » William Turnage, American conservationist († 2017)

• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)

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.
• January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
• February 5 » World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
• August 14 » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• August 29 » World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
• October 11 » Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
• December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.

The temperature on December 9, 1941 was between 2.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.