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• Derk Jan (Dirk) Hans, Denekamp, Dinkelland, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)
• Adriana Joanna Maria Duinisveld, 's-Gravenhage († 2005)
• van der Bij, Eernewoude († 1941)
• Douma, Leeuwarden († 1941)
• Bert Muris († 2004)
• Henriette Juliana Cornelia van den Bos, Soerabaya (Indonesie) († 1962)
• ten Cate, Wierden († 1941)
• Jan Manifarges, Baarn († 1974)
• Anton (Ton) Pronk, amsterdam, Nederland († 2016)
• Boogaard, Abraham Jacob, Westkapelle († 1945)

• Akke Hendriks Palsma (73), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kaptein (56), Urk
• Abraham Nagtegaal (29), Utrecht
• Abigail (Sophie) Polak (74), Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Dijxhoorn (79), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje KAPTEIJN (56), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Antje Slot (74), St-Pancras
• Aaltje Dirksdr Kaptein (56), Urk
• Aart Udo (74), Rhenen
• Amy Estabrooks (93), Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten

• 1939 » Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor
• 1940 » Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1941 » Ambrose Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway, English photographer and politician
• 1941 » Bobby Cox, American baseball player and manager
• 1941 » Martin Carthy, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1942 » Danny Ongais, American race car driver
• 1942 » David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1942 » John Konrads, Australian swimmer
• 1943 » Vincent Crane, English pianist and composer († 1989)

• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)

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.
• February 23 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• March 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
• April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
• August 29 » World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
• December 23 » World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.
• December 25 » Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The temperature on May 21, 1941 was between 5.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.