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• Digna Adriana de Man, Piershil
• Jacob van der WAALS, Rotterdam († 1960)
• Jan de Bruijn († 2016)
• Frederica Maria Gertruida Selissen, Beneden Leeuwen († 1960)
• Cornelis Dam, Achtkarspelen († 2019)
• Janna Ali Schinkel, Zwammerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Josephina Kusters, Venray († 1985)
• Egbert Sijbring († 2000)
• Johannes van Putten († 2005)
• Ariën Luitjes, Putten († 1941)

• Anna Sadowski (29), Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
• Antje van Scheijen (64), Alkmaar
• Albert Botter (81), Noord 91, Noord, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Francisca WILKING (83), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Brekelmans (102), Berkel-Enschot
• Alexandrina Anna Georgetina del Prado (80)
• Adriana Cornelia Nieuwenhuijsen (86), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Louisa Wijnvoord (88), Maastricht
• Antonia Steehouwer (61), Rotterdam
• Antonie Koopmans (75), Enschede

• 1940 » Cliff Watson, English rugby league player († 2018)
• 1940 » Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 » Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Claudine Auger, French model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor
• 1942 » Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic
• 1942 » Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• 1942 » Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate
• 1942 » Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic († 2014)
• 1943 » Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)

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 22 » World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
• March 2 » World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
• April 1 » Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
• July 31 » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
• September 20 » The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police murder 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.
• October 22 » World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.

The temperature on April 26, 1941 was between -0.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.