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• Clairette Simoen, Oostduinkerke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1978)
• Josephus Antonicus (Jos) Schrakamp, Groningen, Gr, Nederland († 2022)
• Jan Stoeten, Hardenberg († 2013)
• Gerardina Wijker, Vlaardingen († 2010)
• Jacob Meindert Wiersma, Achtkarspelen (Husternoard) († 2019)
• Johannes Jacobus Piels († 2012)
• Albert Gerardus Frederikus Boelen, Lichtenvoorde
• Gary E Bruns († 1941)
• Cornelia Adriana Buijks, Oosterhout († 1960)
• Juulie, Juliana Schulte, Bandoeng († 1998)

• Anna Maria Hebbelmann (80), Rühlertwist, Duitsland
• Adriana Maria van Boxel (61), Gilze Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Willems (84), Maastricht, Nederland
• Aagje Lieve (77), Rockanje
• Alida Nieman (73), Borger
• Brinkhof, Utrecht,, Netherlands
• Adrianus Matheus Michielsen (76), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adelgonde Louise Lucie Nauta (77), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna, Sophia, Petronella Buster (65)
• Anna Babara Colombon (62), Maastricht, Nederland

• 1936 » Hollis Frampton, American director, screenwriter, and photographer († 1984)
• 1938 » Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 2011)
• 1939 » Lorraine Hunt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• 1939 » Orlando Quevedo, Filipino cardinal
• 1940 » Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter († 2019)
• 1942 » Joel Steiger, American director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian and author († 2015)
• 1943 » Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver
• 1945 » Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach († 2008)
• 1945 » Harvey Mandel, American guitarist

• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)

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.
• March 7 » Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
• May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
• May 8 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
• June 27 » World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
• August 14 » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• December 24 » World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British Eighth Army.

The temperature on March 11, 1941 was between 1.6 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.