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• Hendrikus Josephus Kuilboer, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Celia Frances Todd, Wellington († 2014)
• Luurt Schipper († 2002)
• David Charles Hendricks, Missouri († 1999)
• Adrianus Bartholomeus (Adri) den Blanken, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Hendrik van Faassen, De Krim († 2012)
• Larry D. Angerhofer, Milbank-South Dakota (USA) († 1993)
• Charles Daniel Roelfs, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa († 2007)
• Andries van Duijvenbode, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Eldina Henderika Hulst, Beilen († 1944)

• Aagje van Ettekoven (33), Utrecht, Nederland
• Arthur Chester Balzer (58), Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Ereira (26), Mauthausen, Oberosterreich, Oostenrijk
• Abraham Vermeer (0), Naaldwijk
• Anneke van der Terp (91), Heerenveen
• Anna Wilhelmina Veraart (84), Schiedam
• Allen Monroe Chandler (81), Montross, Westmoreland, Virginia
• Bartholomeus Bax (79), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• "Charles Theophile" Guillaume Juloes Marie Joseph François le Mire (77), Den Haag, Pays-Bas
• Bernardus Christiaan Lindeman (59), Bloemendaal

• 1938 » Ernie Sigley, Australian television host
• 1938 » Jimmy Clanton, American pop singer-songwriter
• 1938 » Leonard Appleyard, English diplomat, British Ambassador to China
• 1941 » John Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1941 » Jyrki Otila, Finnish economist and politician († 2003)
• 1941 » Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian actress († 2015)
• 1943 » Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1943 » Joe Simon, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1943 » Rosalind Ashford, American singer
• 1944 » Janet Simpson, English sprinter († 2010)

• 1934 » Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1884)
• 1934 » James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (b. 1908)
• 1937 » Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lloyd Seay, American race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1942 » James Juvenal, American rower (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (b. 1895)
• 1945 » Mason Phelps, American golfer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)

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.
• March 15 » Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
• April 16 » World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
• July 4 » Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv.
• November 24 » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
• December 1 » World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
• December 26 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

The temperature on September 2, 1941 was between 10.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.