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• Anne Bijker, Achterbuurt (Steenwijkerwold) († 1970)
• Carel George Swank, IJsselmonde, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Clara Christina Sanders, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 2020)
• Bonnie Lou Wiesmann, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Ab Zijlstra, Sneek, Fr., NL († 2016)
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria Luijkx, Roosendaal (Noord-Brabant, Nederland) († 1984)
• Hendrik Buitenhius, Staphorst, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2021)
• Hendrika Johanna Warnaar, Delft, Zuid Holland († 1941)
• Bernhard Jacobus ROBBE († 2004)
• Aaltje (Alie) Lok, Kalenberg († 2016)

• Antonius Hendrikus Sanders (36), op zee
• Anna Rutgers (58), Bergharen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Antonius MELENHORST (0), Heino
• Amy Middleton Peacock (74)
• Albertus Theodorus Hesselink (75), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna van Heijst (72), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Stoffens (1), Nijmegen
• Antoon Rossen (71), beuningen
• Andreas Johannes Hagenaars (22), (op zee)
• Adriaantje Bom (90), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » J. M. G. Le Clézio, Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Jim McNab, Scottish footballer († 2006)
• 1940 » Lester Chambers, American singer and musician
• 1940 » Max Mosley, English racing driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering, former president of the FIA
• 1940 » Mike Beuttler, Egyptian-English racing driver († 1988)
• 1940 » Ruby Puryear Hearn, African-American biophysicist
• 1940 » Vladimir Cosma, French composer, conductor and violinist
• 1941 » Jean-Marc Reiser, French author and illustrator († 1983)
• 1941 » Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Bill Conti, American composer and conductor

• 1936 » Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
• 1941 » William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1945 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)

• 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.
• May 8 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
• June 1 » The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
• November 7 » World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
• December 11 » World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
• December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
• December 20 » World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.

The temperature on April 13, 1941 was between 8.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.