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• Johannes Lambertus Maria van Rooij, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ans Jongbloed, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Hendricus Josephus Maria van der Kooij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Klaas Los, Oldemarkt († 1959)
• Cornelis Hendrikus Adrianus van Groezen, Made en Drimmelen († 1997)
• Hendrikus SPRONK, utrecht († 2022)
• Leontina Elisabeth Maria van Boven, Utrecht († 1943)
• John Leslie ROWE, Coventry GB († 2002)
• Geziena Folkerts, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Hans Roose, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2024)

• Antje Rienks de Jager (88), Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Simon Jacobs (0), Roosendaal
• Anne Marie Elisabeth CERFONTAINE (82), Eijsden, Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Joosten (78), Deurne
• Aaltje Breesnee (74), Haaren
• Andries van DOORN (55), Soerabaja, Java
• adrianus van helvert (74), raamsdonk
• Abraham van Rij (37)
• Andries JONGBLOED (77), Schoonoord
• Alberta Scholten (1), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1938 » Steve Barber, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1940 » Chet Walker, American basketball player
• 1940 » Judy Cornwell, English actress
• 1941 » Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic
• 1942 » Christine Keeler, English model and dancer († 2017)
• 1943 » Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player
• 1943 » Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany
• 1943 » Otoya Yamaguchi, Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma († 1960)
• 1943 » Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic
• 1943 » Tom Van Arsdale, American basketball player

• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)

• 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 5 » 37-year-old pilot Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.
• May 6 » The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
• 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 31 » After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
• November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
• December 25 » Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The temperature on February 22, 1941 was between -1.9 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.