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• Gijsbertus_Cornelis_Jozef Olyhoek, Voorburg († 1941)
• Adriana van der Ende, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 2005)
• Caroline Elisabeth Josephina Tops, Eindhoven († 1941)
• Henrietta Johanna Huberdina Petronella Kuijs, Vlijmen († 1941)
• Frans Pluk († 2012)
• Gezina Ziengs, Zweeloo († 2011)
• andreas jozef marie verhees, helden
• Elza Marie Francisca Spallier, Boechout († 2014)
• Adriana Anna Maria (Adrie) Verbeek, Voorburg, ZH, Nederland († 2003)
• Geertje de Vries, Urk († 1997)

• Barend Scholte (46), Midden Europa
• Adriana Johanna Geppaart (59), Den Haag
• Albert Post (76), Almelo
• Anna Catharina Cardijnaals (70), Sittard
• Antje Stellingsma (61), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Lubberink (86), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Van Zee (74), Pella (Marion), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Baron Adolf of Oer (78), Egelborg
• Andries Willemsen (76), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pafort (1), amsterdam, Nederland

• 1939 » Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia († 1993)
• 1940 » Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician
• 1940 » Brian Ackland-Snow, English production designer and art director († 2013)
• 1940 » Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician
• 1941 » Faith Leech, Australian swimmer († 2013)
• 1941 » Franco Bonvicini, Italian author and illustrator († 1995)
• 1942 » Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer († 2013)
• 1942 » Michael Savage, far-right American radio host and author
• 1942 » Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician

• 1927 » Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
• 1931 » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
• 1939 » Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)

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.
• January 21 » Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
• May 27 » World War II: The German battleshipBismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
• May 30 » World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
• July 4 » World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
• December 10 » World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMSPrince of Wales and HMSRepulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
• December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

The temperature on March 31, 1941 was between -3.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.