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• Arnold Wiebenga, Clinton (Iowa, USA) († 2018)
• Hendrikus Gerardus Johannes Thoonen, Haps, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Anni Lüken († 2007)
• Berend Jan Grooten, Rijssen († 1941)
• Benardus Johannes Strijkveen, Olst († 2018)
• Bernardus Gijsbertus de Beer, Noorden († 2019)
• Helena Pietronella Norbertine Catharina van Hooijdonk, Breda († 2009)
• Hillechien Staverman, Jakarta, Indonesië († 2021)
• Gerarda Cornelia van Zutphen, Beverwijk († 1991)
• Berend Jan Grooten, Rijssen († 1941)

• Alexius Adrianus Segers (76), Chaam
• Andreas Fleuren (60), Swolgen
• Adriaan Anthonie HOOPER (47)
• Adriana Jacoba Verboom (61), Stolwijk
• Aart Aantjes (88), Overschie (Rotterdam)
• Aaltje Visser (84), Graft
• van Doorn (76), Veenendaal
• Agnes Haerden (70), Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Ane Brouwer (84), Barradeel
• Adrianus van der Vlies (68), Rotterdam

• 1938 » Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1938 » Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 50th Yokozuna († 2017)
• 1939 » Bobby Hart, American singer-songwriter
• 1939 » Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic († 1996)
• 1939 » Marlos Nobre, Brazilian composer
• 1940 » Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1940 » Prue Leith, English restaurateur and journalist
• 1941 » Herman Santiago, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Irma Thomas, American singer
• 1943 » Graeme Garden, Scottish comedian, actor, and author

• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)

• 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 9 » World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
• March 28 » World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.
• 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.
• December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
• December 21 » World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
• December 26 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

The temperature on February 18, 1941 was between 1.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.