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• Adriana Hagelaars, Engelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland (NLD) († 1978)
• Catharina Greta Kramer, Oterleek († 2018)
• Andreas Hendricus Kemme († 1998)
• Anna Maria Beijen Roghair, Amsterdam
• Catharina Elisabeth Vierboom, Rotterdam († 1997)
• Bernadette Marie Josette Houbaert, Houtem, België († 1999)
• Cornelia Hendrika van Dalen, Leiden Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1919)
• Christine Schadd († 1994)
• Dieuwertje Jellema, Schellinkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Bessel van Veen, Nijkerk († 1982)

• Anna Catharina Paas (62), Schimmert, Nuth
• Anna Andeweg (52), Rotterdam
• Berdina Elisabeth Kwestroo (61), Leiden (Zuid-Holland)
• Anna Cornelia Koolen (77), Sittard
• Anna Maria Sophia Weskamp (76), Osnabruck, Westfalen, Duitsland
• Agnes Elisabeth Maria Fincken (1), Stevensweert
• Antonia Witjes (80), Everdingen
• Ann Douglass (69), Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
• Antje Quak (74), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wijnands (55), Havelte,Drenthe,Niederlande

• 1916 » Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor († 2013)
• 1916 » Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela († 2009)
• 1917 » Ernest Borgnine, American actor († 2012)
• 1917 » Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church († 2012)
• 1918 » Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1918 » Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association († 2009)
• 1919 » Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1919 » Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator († 2009)
• 1920 » Jerry Maren, American actor († 2018)
• 1920 » Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist († 1980)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
• February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
• March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
• June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
• September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

The temperature on January 24, 1919 was between -2.7 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.