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• Antje Neeltje Faasse, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Gerard (de Waal) Hilleman († 2012)
• Jack Merrill GILGEN, Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States of America († 2018)
• Hans De Leijer, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2022)
• Janna Johanna Rietveld, Meerkerk, zh.nld († 1989)
• Charles Thomas Stephen Lankheit, Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Hermannus Hilco Witpeerd († 1998)
• Dorothy Marie Comeaux, Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States of America († 2009)
• Alexandra Carola Harriet von Vultejus, Ludwigslust († 2023)
• Nijgh, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriaan Hofkens (49), Bergen op Zoom
• Adrianus Meester (77), Kortenhoef, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Helena van den Ham (71), amersfoort (utrecht)
• Adrianus Jacobus Penninkx (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje de Jong (67), Numansdorp
• Aaltje van der Waal (80), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Beijen, Rotterdam
• Albert Volkerink (73), Deventer
• Abe Abenga (44), Gouda
• Aaltje Stegink (75)

• 1938 » Judy Blume, Jewish-American author and educator
• 1939 » Leon Kass, American physician, scientist, and educator
• 1939 » Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer († 2013)
• 1941 » Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player († 2013)
• 1941 » Hubert Marcoux, Canadian solo sailor and author († 2009)
• 1941 » Naomi Uemura, Japanese mountaineer and explorer († 1984)
• 1942 » Ehud Barak, Israeli general and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1942 » Pat Dobson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2006)
• 1945 » David D. Friedman, American economist, physicist, and scholar
• 1945 » Maud Adams, Swedish model and actress

• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
• 1942 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
• 1954 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)

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 28 » Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
• May 1 » World War II: German forces launch a major attack during the siege of Tobruk.
• May 10 » World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
• June 27 » Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
• 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 February 12, 1941 was between -1.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.