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• Annie van de Mortel († 2010)
• JOZEF MARIA BARTHIER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 2022)
• Fred del Prado, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• claire LALLEMAND, Baudour (Belgium) († 2003)
• Geertje Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Johannes Gerardus Antonius Westenenk, Raalte († 2021)
• Harold David HILLIER, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia († 1995)
• Henry Vander Streek, USA († 1962)
• David Andrew Hoftiezer, Lima Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 2020)
• "Hans-Dietrich" Marquard Anton-Ulrich Joseph Clemens Stephan von Pfetten-Arnbach, Meiningen, Allemagne († 2021)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Peters (73), Emmen(Dr)-Barger-Oosterveld
• Anje Bruin 1879 (63)
• Aaltje Junte (54), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Adriaan Nederlof (48), Arnhem
• Anna Elisabeth Kroese (84), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Peters (73), Barger-Oosterveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Junte (54), Oldebroek, Gld, NL
• Adrianus Johaannes van Maarschalkerweerd (59), Meppel
• Adriana Hendrika van Zutphen (77), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Constance Broeke, van den (71), Den Haag

• 1939 » Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
• 1939 » Denise LaSalle, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2018)
• 1939 » Lido Vieri, Italian football manager and football player
• 1939 » Ruth Perry, president of Liberia († 2017)
• 1939 » William Bell, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Dag Solstad, Norwegian author and playwright
• 1941 » Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1941 » Hans Wiegel, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1941 » Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1942 » Margaret Court, Australian tennis player and minister

• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)

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.
• April 6 » World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
• April 27 » World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation.
• May 12 » Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
• May 22 » During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.
• May 24 » World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMSHood, killing all but three crewmen.
• October 2 » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.

The temperature on July 16, 1941 was between 13.4 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.