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• Gerard Joseph Antoine KUSTERS, Rekem,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 2011)
• Hannie Steenis († 1975)
• Cornelia Catharina Maria Duivenvoorden, Leiden († 2009)
• Derk Betsema, Texel († 2009)
• Arie van der Bent, Katwijk († 2007)
• Georges Hubert Viktor Feytons, Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België († 2009)
• H.G.M(Rikie) oude Middendorp, Weerselo († 1975)
• Dirk Betsema, Texel († 2009)
• Carol Jean Raugh, Roaring Spring, Blair County, Pennsylvania († 2002)
• Hendrina de Jager, Urk († 2010)

• Alida Marie Piscaer (81), Leiden
• Anna Gertruida Hendrika Burgers (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbertje 't Hart (56), Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland
• Alida Maria Pierresd Piscaer (81), Den Helder, nh.nld
• Antonia Catharina de Beer (75), Amsterdam
• Anne Jentjes Holwerda (69), Blija, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Nistelrooij (73), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Kuiper (89), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus SWINCKELS SWINKELS (76), Nuenen (NL/NB)
• Adrianus Swinkels (76), Nuenen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1939 » Giorgio Zancanaro, Italian baritone
• 1939 » Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
• 1939 » John Ogbu, Nigerian-American anthropologist and professor († 2003)
• 1939 » Ken Warby, Australian motorboat racer
• 1939 » Ralph Boston, American long jumper
• 1940 » James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 » Danny Rapp, American musician († 1983)
• 1941 » Dorothy Hyman, English sprinter
• 1942 » John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
• 1942 » Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1931 » Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 » Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)

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 2 » World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
• March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
• April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
• April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
• May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
• May 27 » World War II: The German battleshipBismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.

The temperature on May 9, 1941 was between -0.8 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.