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• Hans de Leeuw, Gorichem († 1997)
• Johannes Herman Josephus van Oijen, Heusden († 1989)
• Jennigje Jansen, Oud-Leusen († 2018)
• Klaas Tjakko Staal, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Jan Pepping, Limmen († 2018)
• Jacobus Gerardus Maria Bernards, Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 2008)
• Hendrik Johannes Bosma, Kantens († 2017)
• Cornelis Joseph (Cor) van der Voort, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1974)
• Cornelis Adrianus Middelkoop, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Franklin Stephen Walden, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1996)

• Agnes Wilson Porteous (77), Banffshire, Scotland
• Antonie Bouman (88), Eethen, Genderen en Heesbeen
• Pomp (0), Emmen
• Christoffel Rueb (62), Wassenaar
• Albert Moseley Bothwell (29), Cherokee County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antoon Willems (54), Olst
• Anne Bosma (65), Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia van Diest (80), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Berend VAN DER MOLEN (79)
• Antonie Bouman, Eethen, Genderen en Heesbeen

• 1940 » Adam Faith, English singer († 2003)
• 1940 » Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1940 » Diana Trask, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1940 » George Feigley, American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee († 2009)
• 1940 » Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 2015)
• 1940 » Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish painter and musician († 1962)
• 1940 » Wilma Rudolph, American runner († 1994)
• 1941 » Keith Newton, English footballer († 1998)
• 1941 » Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2019)
• 1941 » Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter

• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)

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. Catharina
10. Petronella
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 20 » A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
• 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.
• 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 20 » World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.

The temperature on June 23, 1941 was between 15.7 °C and 32.0 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.