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• Cornelis Jacobus de Koster († 2007)
• Jacobus Joseph Schildkamp, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Hermanus Johannes Alsemgeest, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1978)
• Bernardus Gijsbertus de Beer, Noorden († 2019)
• Dirk Arnold Dingeldein, Denekamp, Overijssel, Nederland († 1983)
• Arthur Earl Homrich, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Bert Verheul, Ouderkerk ad Amstel († 2023)
• Doodgeboren kind van Loon, Tilburg († 1941)
• Arnold Wiebenga, Clinton (Iowa, USA) († 2018)
• Anni Lüken († 2007)

• Aartje Post (74), Heerde
• Adriana Geensen (67), Wagenborgen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna de Hoon (84), Breda
• Agnes Haerden (70), Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje Post (74), Heerde, Nederland
• Alexius Adrianus Segers Segers (76), Chaam, NB, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Isabella van Deinse (95), Oostkapelle,Gemeente Veere,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Albertus Mulder (16), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Seters (75), Raamsdonk
• Adrianus van der Vlies (68)

• 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)

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 20 » A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
• January 23 » Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• April 17 » World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
• August 22 » World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
• September 27 » The SSPatrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
• November 25 » HMSBarham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.

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.