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• Antoinetta Petronella Johanna Mulders, Maasbree
• Cornelia margaretha(Netty) Sier, Volendam, Nederland († 2019)
• Luttje, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1941)
• Clemens Maria Mathia Johannes van der Loo, Asten († 1997)
• Johannes van de Goorbergh, Breda († 1998)
• Antonius Cornelis Jozef van den Nieuwendijk, Noordwijkerhout († 1943)
• Gerard Dekker († 2005)
• Frans Kools, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 2015)
• Ber Zonneveld, Castricum († 2000)
• Anny Renker († 2002)

• Anna Maria Beaart (64), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Schippers (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angenieta van Trigt (89), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bloeme Peekel (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Isabella Maria RIETMAN (81), Nuenen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Elisabeth Degen (57), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anneken van Beek (59), Utrecht
• Celina de Boers (45), Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• (l.l.) Post (0), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• Augustinus Josephus Hubertus Matthey (34), Roosteren, Nederland

• 1939 » Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator
• 1940 » Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach
• 1940 » Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
• 1940 » Roger Ailes, American businessman († 2017)
• 1941 » Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press († 2006)
• 1942 » Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
• 1942 » Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
• 1942 » K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1942 » Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1943 » Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician

• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (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. 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 23 » Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• March 15 » Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
• March 29 » World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
• September 29 » World War II: German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
• 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.
• December 23 » World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.

The temperature on May 15, 1941 was between 0.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.