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• Dorothea Johanna Maria van der Steen, Ossendrecht († 1986)
• Marjorie Marie Crandall, Wadena, Fayette, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Hans Doremalen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Gerritje Hoegee, IJsselstein († 2002)
• James Floyd Higdon, Grayson County, Kentucky († 2007)
• Christoffel Rosenboom, Lausanne (Zwitserland) († 1970)
• Annemarie Désirée Schuld, Malang, Indonesie († 2004)
• Joyce Majorie Stufkens († 2017)
• Jan Wiemerink, Goor († 1945)
• Dieter Walter Jahns, Braunschweig, Germany († 2000)

• Alberta Cornelia Hooijmans (64), Voorhout
• Anna Maria Cornelis, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina du Plessis (81), Carolina, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa
• Adrianus Roelof Zernitz (63), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Gerrit van den Berg (61), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Tjaartstra (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Elisabeth" Marie Joséphine du Rousseau de Fayolle (78), Saint-Savinien, Charente-Maritime, France
• Anna Maria Cornelis (74), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Dullemond (64), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida van Egmond (79), 's-Gravenhage

• 1939 » Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1939 » Margaret Drabble, English novelist, biographer, and critic
• 1941 » Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Gudrun Sjödén, Swedish designer
• 1941 » Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Immigration
• 1941 » Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist
• 1941 » Robert Kraft, American businessman, founded The Kraft Group
• 1941 » Spalding Gray, American writer, actor, and monologist († 2004)
• 1942 » Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd President of Equatorial Guinea
• 1943 » Abraham Viruthakulangara, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India († 2018)

• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)
• 1930 » Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1934 » Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1934 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1878)

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. Cornelia
4. Anna
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.
• April 17 » World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
• June 5 » World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
• August 14 » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• 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.
• November 26 » World War II: Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs the Kuril Islands to strike Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
• December 9 » World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.

The temperature on June 5, 1941 was between 10.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.