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• Hendrikus Petrus Johannes Meinardus van Amersfoort, Noordwijkerhout († 2004)
• Anna Angela Peters, Emmen († 2008)
• Carol June Walbeck, Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America († 2017)
• Lydie Delphine SIMON, Fenain, 59227, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1992)
• Marion Kiki Cecily Löwenheim, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa († 1968)
• Johanna Mulder, Ommen († 1946)
• Catharina Cornelia Maria (Nel) Nederstigt, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• André Victor De L'arbre, Leopoldsburg, Limburg, België († 2005)
• levenloos kind van Ginkel, Amersfoort, UTR, Nederland
• Helen E Daoust († 2010)

• Constan Leopold Balthasaar Willem van Suchtelen van de Haare (85), 's Gravenhage
• Catharina Gillesse (77), Zierikzee
• Anna Maria van de Ven (51), Tilburg
• Anthonius Cornelis OVERTOOM (52), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Engelke (65), Amsterdam
• Anton Marinus Hovestad (0), Utrecht
• Anna van der Horst (72), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Hagendoorn (41), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Demmers (68), Hillegersberg
• Antonie van Bruggen (65), Termunten

• 1939 » Kathleen Widdoes, American actress
• 1940 » Andrea Elle, German bicyclist
• 1940 » Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter († 2010)
• 1942 » Amina Claudine Myers, African-American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1942 » Françoise Dorléac, French actress († 1967)
• 1942 » Kostas Politis, Greek basketball player and coach († 2018)
• 1942 » Patcha Ramachandra Rao, India metallurgist, educator and administrator († 2010)
• 1943 » Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor
• 1943 » István Gyulai, Hungarian sprinter and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1943 » Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter († 1995)

• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)
• 1934 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
• 1939 » Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1945 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
• 1951 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)
• 1953 » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)

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 25 » The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
• March 29 » The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
• September 30 » World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
• October 29 » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
• November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.
• December 15 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv.

The temperature on March 21, 1941 was between 0.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.