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• Albert de Ruiter, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Aaldert Guichelaar, Westerbork († 1986)
• Hendrik Bernhard Jager († 2023)
• maria leys, ZONHOVEN († 1989)
• Hendrikje de Jong, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• johannes theodorus franciscus (john) van dijnen, helden-beringe († 2023)
• Ina Oost, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Leonard Bennett Greer Jr. († 2018)
• Dirk Vollenga, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Grietje Courtz († 2004)

• Anna Maria Catharina Gevers (27), Reusel
• Adriana Maria Petronella van Zeijl (9), Delft
• Alida Vervat (60), Utrecht
• Anna Kooima (73), Aduard, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonia van Uffelen (71), 's-Hertogenbosch
• van Drunen (0), Rotterdam
• Abraham Goud (30), Zevenaar, Zevenaar, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Antje Jong (78), Hoogkarspel, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Grenzenberg (43), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Dana van der Have (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1939 » Hildrun Claus, German long jumper
• 1939 » Peter Frenkel, German race walker and coach
• 1940 » Bruce Chatwin, English author († 1989)
• 1940 » Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Japanese runner († 1968)
• 1941 » Jody Conradt, American basketball player and coach
• 1941 » Joe Brown, English singer and musician
• 1941 » Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1959)
• 1941 » Senta Berger, Austrian actress
• 1942 » Leighton Gage, American author († 2013)
• 1942 » Roger Young, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)
• 1941 » Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1948 » Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)

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. Catharina
10. Petronella
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.
• May 24 » World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMSHood, killing all but three crewmen.
• May 31 » Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
• September 30 » World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
• October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
• November 12 » World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12°C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
• December 11 » World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.

The temperature on May 13, 1941 was between -0.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.