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• Frens Pool, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Hendrik Martien Johan Rongen, Batavia, Jawa Barat, Indonesië († 1942)
• Janet Charlene Joseph, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States of America († 2007)
• Daphne Sue Sheffer, Providence, Webster County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Herna Van Gaever, Sint-Gillis-Waas († 2022)
• Carel Dirk Hendrik Dijxhoorn, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2022)
• Marie Thérèse Raymonde COURTAS, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France († 1942)
• Johannes van Schoot († 1995)
• Johannes (Jan) Schokker, Edam, Nederland († 2003)
• Cornelis Jan Sinke († 2021)

• Anna Wilhelmina Dame (47), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Schoofs (76), Heijen, NL
• Aaldert Moes (7), Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Wassink (65), Oudewater
• Alleana E. Sypolt (53), West Virginia, United States
• Cornelis Keijzer (70), Buiksloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonio Guedes da Silva (54)
• Anna Cecilia Isaksdtr Heikkilä (91), Haapakylä, Övertorneå, Sverige
• Camille Seraphinus Blanquaert (76), Melle
• Annechien Hadders (72), Vries

• 1939 » Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician († 2012)
• 1939 » Kate O'Mara, English actress († 2014)
• 1940 » Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1940 » Sid Waddell, English sportscaster († 2012)
• 1941 » Anita Lonsbrough, English swimmer and journalist
• 1941 » Susan Dorothea White, Australian painter and sculptor
• 1942 » Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
• 1942 » Michael Pepper, English physicist and engineer
• 1943 » Jimmy Griffin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2005)
• 1943 » Louise Forestier, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1929 » Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (b. 1854)
• 1929 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)
• 1932 » Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (b. 1918)
• 1933 » Alf Morgans, Welsh-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1850)
• 1945 » Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1948 » Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892)
• 1954 » Robert Adair, American-born British actor (b. 1900)

• 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.
• January 18 » World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
• February 9 » World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
• March 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
• May 10 » World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
• November 13 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
• December 24 » World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British Eighth Army.

The temperature on August 10, 1941 was between 10.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.