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• Ellen Ruth Kelderman, Oskaloosa (Iowa), Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Jacob Kiela, Rotterdam († 2022)
• Frans Braaksma († 2010)
• Cornelis Stellingwerff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Levenloos Kortz, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1941)
• Eibertje Bultman, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Arnold Sikkema, Morrison Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Ellen Ruth Kelderman, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Gertruda Hendrika Maria Ammerlaan, Blerick († 1944)
• Johannes Martinus Maria Ebben, Oss († 1941)

• Aagje Burghgraef (71), Wonseradeel (FR NL)
• * Maria Schutte (37), Groot-Ammers
• Alexander Pieter Janse (84), Den Haag
• Aagtje Martha Roegholt (49), Utrecht
• Povel (56), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Helena (Lena) den boon (70), delft
• Antonius Theodorus Jozef van Welij (0), Oeffelt
• Aagtje Martha Roegholt (49), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bertha Amelsberg (71), Baileyville, Iowa
• Aaltje Seckel (57), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1938 » William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
• 1939 » Brent Musburger, American sportscaster
• 1939 » Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator († 2015)
• 1940 » Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor († 2012)
• 1940 » Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1941 » Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal
• 1941 » Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
• 1941 » Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer
• 1941 » Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician († 2014)
• 1943 » Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician

• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)
• 1954 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)

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 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
• March 7 » Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
• April 13 » A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
• May 12 » Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
• July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
• December 10 » World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMSPrince of Wales and HMSRepulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.

The temperature on May 26, 1941 was between 9.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.