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• Johannes Jochem Stötefalk, Blijham († 2001)
• Cornelia van der Ster, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Ineke Verloove, Soerabaja, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië († 2010)
• Aanna Lamberta Hellendoorn, Westerbork († 2019)
• Chrisje Willems, Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands († 1943)
• Ben Mikx, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Arnoldus Cornelis Nijs, Wamel († 2014)
• Evert Jan van Roekel, (woesdag) Ede († 2013)
• Ágnes Blechner, Budapest, Hungary († 1944)
• Betty Elaine Vos, Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California († 2018)

• Albert Hendriks Strijker (85), Oldenhave, Ruinen, de Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Mathijs Hubert Hauser (83), Venlo
• Andries Seijkens (46), Asten
• Adrianus Verschuur (60), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes Veele (81), Rotterdam
• Albert Jansz VRIES (1), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Addie Smith (79), Wayne County, North Carolina
• Aleida Hendrina Janssen (71), Bergh
• Albert Strijker (85), Oldenhave, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltien Nijmeijer (86), Oosterhesselen Coevorden Drenthe Nederland

• 1939 » Erin Pizzey, English activist and author, founded Refuge
• 1940 » Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1940 » Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan († 2006)
• 1940 » Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 » David Gross, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, English politician
• 1942 » Cyrus Chothia, English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology († 2019)
• 1942 » Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman
• 1942 » Paul Krause, American football player and politician
• 1942 » Will Provine, American biologist, historian, and academic († 2015)

• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

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 29 » Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
• May 6 » The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
• October 31 » After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
• October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
• December 5 » World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.

The temperature on February 19, 1941 was between -0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.