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• Cornelis Hendricus Houdijk, Anna Paulowna († 2015)
• Birger Sørhøy († 1942)
• Cornelis Pierens, Oostkapelle († 1997)
• James Vermeer, Sioux Center, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Maria Margaretha "Marietje" Lippold, Emmen († 2021)
• Charles Curtis Boles, Overton Co.Tennessee († 1942)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Anna van Mil, Wateringen († 2023)
• Maria Margaretha - Marietje - Marie Lippold, Klazienaveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• James A Vermeer, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2006)
• Fokke Holtrop, Leeuwarden († 2014)

• Anna Catharine Heesacker (79), Woodville, Calumet county, Wisconsin (USA)
• Antje Holwerda (89), Metslawier
• Paijmans (0), Tilburg
• Arendje Groen (35), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Maria Jacobus Lowies (77), Amsterdam
• Cornelis van der Jagt (52), Rotterdam
• Cornelis van den BUSSCHE (57), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Adriana van der Meijs (42), Tilburg
• Arletha Owen (86), Precinct 3, Ellis, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Francisca Smeets (37), Heerlen

• 1939 » Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist
• 1939 » Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)
• 1940 » Dick Thornett, Australian rugby player and water polo player († 2011)
• 1940 » Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
• 1941 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family († 1971)
• 1941 » Norma Winstone, English singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1942 » Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician
• 1942 » David Renneberg, Australian cricketer
• 1942 » Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico

• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)

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.
• February 5 » World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
• March 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
• March 29 » World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
• 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.
• December 7 » World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
• December 20 » World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.

The temperature on September 23, 1941 was between 7.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.