About the day » Thursday May 22, 1941Calender converter

• Cornelia Janna van den Berg, Nieuwerkerk, Schouwen-Duiveland,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1953)
• Jacob LeRoy Koppendrayer
• Janna Maria Geerenstein († 2020)
• Anka Geertruida de Jong († 1971)
• Klaas Bijlsma, Dokkum († 2017)
• Helga ... († 2018)
• Johann Dulle († 1997)
• maria wilhelmina antonetta van der velden, helden-panningen
• Emmy Bisschop, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 2018)
• Lubertus Wolswinkel, woudenberg († 2004)

• Antje (Annie) Jans Tilma (81), Cutlerville, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Moore (88), District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
• Andries van Hooijdonk (71), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anthonia Hermsen (79), Haarzuilens
• Álvaro Junqueira Peniche (67), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
• Adriana Maria Hendriks (76), Nijmegen, Geldern, Niederlande
• Anna Margaretha Stelten (90), Susteren, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Gunning (69), Zeist Municipality
• Age Wiebes Cnossen (68), Offingawier
• Andries van Hooydonk (71), Zundert, Noord Brabant

• 1939 » Paul Winfield, American actor († 2004)
• 1940 » Bernard Shaw, American journalist
• 1940 » Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
• 1940 » Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor († 2011)
• 1940 » Mick Tingelhoff, American Pro Football Hall of Famer
• 1941 » Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician
• 1942 » Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
• 1942 » Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist († 1972)
• 1942 » Roger Brown, American basketball player († 1997)
• 1942 » Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)

• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)

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 21 » Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
• August 14 » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• September 29 » World War II: German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
• October 4 » Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
• October 9 » A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
• November 14 » World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.

The temperature on May 22, 1941 was between 8.4 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.