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• Bouwe Martinus van Olphen, Stenwijk († 1981)
• Bernardus Franciscus Maria Niehe, Amsterdam († 1941)
• IJsbrand Frans Kramer, Kubaard († 2017)
• Cornelia Petronella Maria Leijtens, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2005)
• Bouwe Martinus van Olphen *, Stenwijk († 1981)
• Albert Romain Joseph Knapen, Borgloon, België († 1973)
• Johanna Theodora BRUGMAN, Deventer († 1974)
• Jacob (Jaap) van der Haar, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Antoinetta Maria Koehorst, Avereest († 1942)
• Gerard Gerrits Tadema, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1960)

• Anna May Taylor (0)
• Berend Meijer (77), Slochteren
• Adriana Levasier (76), Sliedrecht
• Alphons Boelens (45), Buitenzorg (Bogor), West Java
• Anna Magdalena Koek (81), Amsterdam
• Cornelis van Logten (51), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Arent Slagter (82), Veendijk (Gem. Slochteren), Groningen, Nederland
• Annie Jackson Love (64), Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas ac
• Cornelis Schouten (75), Hillegom
• Carolina Blom (41), Hillegersberg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1939 » Herb Adderley, American football player
• 1940 » Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
• 1941 » George Pell, Australian cardinal
• 1941 » Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist († 1981)
• 1942 » Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
• 1942 » Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
• 1943 » Colin Baker, English actor
• 1943 » Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
• 1943 » William Calley, American lieutenant
• 1943 » Willie Davenport, American colonel and hurdler († 2002)

• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)

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 9 » World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
• May 10 » World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
• May 31 » Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
• September 17 » World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
• October 2 » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.
• November 12 » World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12°C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.

The temperature on June 8, 1941 was between 10.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.