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• Egidius Johannes Hubertus (Juul) VROOMEN, Schinnen (NL/LI) († 2008)
• Leni Andriesia Rietveld († 2013)
• maria johanna renilda (mia) tillemans, helden-beringe († 2020)
• Klaas Veendorp, Zuidbroek
• Anna Maria Gerardina Tonbreeker, Amsterdam († 2018)
• Johannes Laurentius Boots, Alkmaar († 2009)
• Jay Allen Bosch, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• David Hinckley JONES, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America († 2017)
• Johan Christiaan Willem Koenraad Vrijheer Hiller van Gärtringen, Legnica (Liegnitz), Neder-Silezië, Polen († 2008)
• Jozef August Verbinnen, Westerlo, 2260, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1941)

• Aukje de Wilde (25), Hengelo
• Apollonia Kopf (82), Ottersheim Dtsl
• Anna Clazina ALBERS (28), Nijmegen
• Alban Francis Saunders (43)
• Cornelis ROOS (73), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Vis (77), Wateringen,-
• Amelia Martha Alexander # (78), Maidstone, Kent, England
• Albertien Klooster (78), Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana de Feijter (86), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland
• Cornelis Robbers (66), Leiden

• 1938 » David Freiberg, American singer and bass player
• 1938 » Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
• 1940 » Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician († 2014)
• 1940 » Keith Savage, English rugby player
• 1940 » Madsen Pirie, British academic, President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute
• 1941 » Alan M. Roberts, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol
• 1942 » Jimmy Soul, American pop-soul singer († 1988)
• 1942 » Max Cleland, American captain and politician
• 1942 » Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, English businessman
• 1943 » John Cipollina, American rock guitarist († 1989)

• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)

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.
• January 2 » World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
• May 15 » Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
• July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
• August 15 » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
• December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
• December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.

The temperature on August 24, 1941 was between 8.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.