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• Ivar Georg Wærnes († 2012)
• Darlene Bullock, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Douwina Gelijk, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 2023)
• Hans van der Velde, Utrecht († 2011)
• Hannelore Friedericke Pflug, Dessau, Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany († 2014)
• Jan Roels Hoekstra, Lutjegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1987)
• Gerritje Anthonia IJzerman, Vaassen,Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Jean Vanstreels, Hasselt, België († 2006)
• Judy Diers, Minneapolis († 1989)
• Anthony Peter Adamowicz, Moria, Essex County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2016)

• Anna Maria Hexspoor (87), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Kruik (85), Voorburg, Nederland
• Aart van Wouden (68), Haarlem
• Arendje Aarts Kasper (80), Kampen
• Bartholomeus Joseph Gerards (70), Kerkrade (L
• Anna Maria Hexspoor (87), Tilburg
• Abraham Lincoln Hutton (74), Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Sinjoor (84), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan Pieter Jacob Koole (56), Nieuwkoop
• CHARLES RADCLIFFE (73)

• 1938 » Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho († 1996)
• 1939 » Ernesto Castano, Italian football player
• 1939 » Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist and engineer
• 1940 » Jules Albert Wijdenbosch, Surinamese politician
• 1941 » Bruce Cameron, Scottish bishop
• 1941 » Clay Carroll, American baseball player
• 1941 » Eddy Louiss, French jazz musician († 2015)
• 1941 » Tony Adamowicz, American race car driver († 2016)
• 1942 » Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman
• 1942 » Wojciech Pszoniak, Polish film and theater actor

• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)

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. Cornelia
4. Anna
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.
• July 16 » Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
• August 14 » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• December 8 » World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
• December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
• December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
• December 11 » World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.

The temperature on May 2, 1941 was between 0.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.