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• Johannes Theodorus Frieling, Kekerdom, Nederland († 2021)
• Genevieve Faye Canady Richmond [O FogcOK], Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma († 2012)
• Jannetje van Barneveld, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1941)
• Maria Josepha Vandyck, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 1941)
• Myretta Kay Potts († 1960)
• Carolyn Kay Mueller, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois, VS († 2011)
• Arnold van Hoven, Wellerlooi (L) († 1948)
• Levenloos geboren kind Faber, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1941)
• Johannes Cornelis Schouteden, Ophoven, Limburg, Belgium († 1977)
• Hermanus Fokker, Laag-Nieuwkoop (Gem Stichtse Vecht), Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1997)

• Adriana Schelle (69), Dussen Munster en Muilkerk
• Adrianus Alkemade (67), Noordwijk
• Aaltje Maria Eck (53), Haaften
• Alida van Eeden (80), Noordwijkerhout
• Aaltje Jans de Jong (75), Surhuizum
• Aaltje Jans de Jong (75), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Joseph van der Heijden (47), Tilburg
• Alida Buter (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amalie Pawlick (67), Sensburg, Seehesten
• Amos Kromminga (66), Bunderhammrich, Ostfriesland, Deutschland

• 1936 » Jim Brown, American football player and actor
• 1937 » Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 († 2014)
• 1940 » Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
• 1941 » Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1941 » Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director
• 1942 » Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party († 1989)
• 1944 » Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer (Soft Machine)
• 1945 » Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
• 1945 » Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2012)
• 1946 » Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian-American author and academic

• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)

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. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
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 20 » A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
• May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
• June 26 » World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
• August 15 » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
• October 8 » World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
• December 24 » World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.

The temperature on February 17, 1941 was between 3.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.