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• Jan Benjamins († 2023)
• Celina Margaretha Henriette Blom, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Kathryn Rae Kyl, Des Moines, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Maria Johanna Leenders, Beek en Donk († 2006)
• Jan Eisses, Schoonloo (Aa en Hunze), Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Jan Eisses, Schoonloërveld († 2022)
• Hendrik Scholten, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2001)
• Arendina Stoeten, Hardenberg († 1941)
• Frans Jan Steketee, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Edgar Glen van Lente, Johannesburg, ZA († 2011)

• Aagje Tuinenburg (27), Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Yntes Kuipers (82), opende
• Alva H Munshower (60), Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Adriana van Loon (75), Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrksz Burger (53), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Liethoff (63), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peeters (87), Gilze en Rijen
• Anton Rudolf Landman (68), Buitenzorg, Batavia
• Alphonse August van Schuijlenburch (68), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Crebber (83)

• 1938 » Diane Varsi, American actress († 1992)
• 1938 » Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 » Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist († 2019)
• 1940 » Jackie Smith, American football player
• 1940 » Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1941 » Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1943 » Bobby Mitchell, American golfer († 2018)
• 1943 » Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1944 » Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
• 1944 » Florian Fricke, German keyboard player and composer († 2001)

• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)

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.
• April 27 » World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation.
• June 23 » The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
• July 13 » World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).
• October 9 » A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
• December 11 » World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.

The temperature on February 23, 1941 was between -2.6 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.