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• Joseph Claire Donnelly, ile du grand calumet, quebec († 2006)
• Bernarda Elizabeth Knoop, Wassenaar
• Johanna Fransina Willemina Houtriet († 2015)
• Anna Johanna Geertruida Nieuweboer, Andijk, Netherlands († 2004)
• Christiaan de ROO, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Geertje Marie Peetoom, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1965)
• Levenloos Woort, Den Helder († 1941)
• Henrica Gerardina van den Hoogen, Wanroij, Sint Anthonis, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Hans Dieter Schaffrath, Wickrathberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1944)
• Jan Timmerman, Ommen († 1941)

• Adriana van der Sluijs (79), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna de Jager (76), Leeuwarden
• Adriana van Dijk (82), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice van Saksen-Coburg (85), Benfica, Lissabon, Portugal
• Knelske Hansen (70)
• Adriana van der Sluijs (79), Zevenbergen
• Adrianus Koning (13), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Wilhelmina Kempees (90), S-Gravenhage
• AART MOSTERD (0), PUTTEN
• Adriana van Dijk (82), Monster

• 1941 » Delia Smith, English chef and author
• 1941 » Paul Mayersberg, English director and screenwriter
• 1941 » Roger Lemerre, French footballer and manager
• 1942 » Carl Radle, American bass player and producer († 1980)
• 1942 » John Bellany, Scottish painter and academic († 2013)
• 1942 » Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator
• 1942 » Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Richard Perry, American record producer
• 1942 » Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1942 » Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa

• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1945 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)

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 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
• April 6 » World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
• August 22 » World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
• September 28 » World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
• November 7 » World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.

The temperature on June 18, 1941 was between 11.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.