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• Jan Steenbeek, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1991)
• Charles Ora Wight, Salt Lake City,Salt Lake,Utah († 1960)
• Joseph Elmer Thurman, Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Augustijn De Troetsel, Boom, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2008)
• Herman van der Velde, Bruchterveld († 2012)
• Johannes Hiemstra, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1985)
• Gerrit-Jan Kooiker, Veldhausen († 2011)
• Everhardus Leonardus Johannes Knaken, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• Gerrit Jansz Nijland († 2017)
• Johanna Adriana van der Linden, Wijk bij Duurstede († 2010)

• Hendrikus Arnoldus Nass (45), Rumpen
• Bernardus Johannes Dingshoff (89), Coetsstraat Zwolle
• Andries de Liefde Meijer (71), Malang (OJ, IDN)
• Adriana Gerdina Schouten (69), Waspik
• Aaltje Hendriks Kuipers (75), Surhuisterveen
• Anna Vierhoven (64), Dwingeloo, Westerveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Dingshoff (89), Zwolle, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna Bakker (21), Noordwijkerhout
• Agnes B. Schmidt (49), King, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Baukjen de Witte (63), Gaast (gem. Súdwest-Fryslân)

• 1937 » Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver
• 1939 » Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia († 2013)
• 1939 » Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1942 » Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1999)
• 1943 » Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach
• 1944 » Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
• 1944 » Thomas Burns, British bishop
• 1945 » Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect

• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)

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.
• February 4 » The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
• April 28 » The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
• July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
• July 16 » Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
• October 29 » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
• November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.

The temperature on June 3, 1941 was between 8.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.