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• Otto Stemann, Lünne († 2015)
• Hennie Kleissen, Rossum († 2017)
• Jozef Wilfried Julia Maria Van Den Bussche, Maldegem († 2022)
• Petronella Jacoba Maria Damman, Deventer († 1995)
• Kenith Gentry (Ken) Richardson, Boonesville, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Joannes Paulus Marie Hoek, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 2005)
• Hendricus Sietske Sophia Maria Munster, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Hubertus Adrianus Govers, Kwadendamme, Nederland († 2022)
• Grada Berndina Hesseling († 2020)
• Barend Bleijenberg, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1997)

• Aafien Wind (75), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Huisman (73), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Annigje Hagendijk (83), Rotterdam
• Adelbertus Wattenberg (73), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Agatha Gallas (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bastiaanssen (59), Breda
• Adrianus Oosterlaken (75), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje Dekker (66), Broek op L'dijk
• Adriana STROOTMAN (84), Roosendaal
• Abrahamina Johanna van de Waardt (56), Utrecht

• 1939 » Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist
• 1940 » Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician († 1999)
• 1940 » Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
• 1941 » Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter († 2011)
• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• 1941 » Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist

• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

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.
• February 9 » World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
• May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
• June 1 » The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
• December 9 » World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
• 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 25 » Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.

The temperature on February 8, 1941 was between 1.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.