About the day » Friday January 29, 1943Calender converter

• Ivo Van Rooij, Haarlem († 1999)
• Clasina Theodora Maria van Baaren, Dieren († 1984)
• Helen Mary LYNCH († 2020)
• Verkerk, Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anton Johan Handel, Hengelo († 2007)
• Frits Schers, Koningslust († 2011)
• James Edward Detzler, Doon, Ontario, Canada @ home († 2006)
• Dirk Varkevisser, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Braulina dos Anjos, Angelina, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1945)
• Antonie BUIST, Paddepoel Groningen Netherlands († 1993)

• Albert Schuitema (79), Muntendam
• Alphonsus Maria Aloysius van Rooijen (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Addy Adele Hoffmann (46), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Ada Emilene Sanford (49), Castor, Paintearth, Alberta
• Adrianus Bartels Rozenbroek (65), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Noort (68), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje GANS (66), Nieuwland
• Abraham van Herk (40), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annie L. Johnson (71), Douglas, Isle of Man
• Adriaan van den BROEK (69), Etten en Leur

• 1940 » Katharine Ross, American actress and author
• 1941 » Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author
• 1943 » Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2014)
• 1943 » Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host
• 1944 » Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager
• 1944 » Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican lawyer and judge
• 1944 » Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
• 1945 » Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1945 » Jim Nicholson, Northern Irish politician
• 1945 » Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman

• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Arie
11. Robert
12. Adrianus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Jacob
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Alida

• 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 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 9.1 million citizens.
• September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
• December 8 » World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre of Kalavryta.
• December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
• December 30 » Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

The temperature on January 29, 1943 was between 6.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.