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• James Sydney Marshall, Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Allen van den Heuvel, Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Dirk Goudriaan, Nieuw Lekkerland († 1941)
• Audrey, M Jansen († 2013)
• Henriëtta Maria Helene Beaujean, Heerlerheide, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2011)
• Frans Voogt († 2008)
• Reinders, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1941)
• Derk Jan Boltjes, Bellingwolde († 1945)
• Christianus Theodorus Manders 12AFW, Escharen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1994)
• Jantje Oostenbrink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1947)

• Cornelia van der Lans (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina IJsbrandy (46), Amsterdam
• Antonie Johannes Zijlmans (72), Utrecht
• Bernadina Geurts (61), Maashees Overloon, NL
• Arie Schellingerhoudt (68), Koudekerk aan de Rijn
• Kristiaan Frederik Kielman (52), Ginneken en Bavel
• Ada Amelia K Scott (79), Exton, Tasmania, Australia
• Bernardina Gerrits (61), Overloon
• Antonie Johannes Zijlmans (72), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Jozina Siereveld (3), Goes

• 1939 » Brian Auger, English rock and jazz keyboard player
• 1939 » Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Jerry Moore, American football player and coach
• 1940 » James Brolin, American actor
• 1940 » Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager
• 1941 » Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1941 » Martha Reeves, American singer and politician
• 1942 » Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1942 » Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer († 2006)

• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
• 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)

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.
• 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.
• June 27 » World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
• July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
• December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
• December 28 » World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

The temperature on July 18, 1941 was between 8.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.