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• Christina Petronella Confurius, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Apolonia BROECKAERT, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Antonius Wilhelmus overmars, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Aike Köller, Heveskes gem. Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1999)
• Dingena Johanna Heijstek, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Alfred X, Braunau, Oberösterreich, Austria († 1980)
• Bertha Grietje Louis, Bellingwolde, provincie Groningen († 1929)
• Alfred Adam zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Brauna, Germany († 1980)
• Count Alfred of Stolberg-Stolberg, Brauna († 1980)
• Aartje Meijer, Epe († 2013)

• Alberta Takken (89), Barneveld
• Adriaan Put van der (88), Etten Leur, Nederland
• Akke DOOITZES de Jong (84), Piaam, Nederland
• Antje Schouwenburg (75), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Arbach (43), Schiedam
• *Geleijn van Wijck (83), Hoek, Zeeland, Nederland
• 'Désiré' Desiderius Franciscus Petrus Hubertus DE WOLF (59), Aalst (Limburg), 3800, Limburg, Belgique
• Adriana Gijsberta Hendrika Carolina van der Henst (83), Utrecht
• Adrianus Centen (60), Wanroij (N.Br.)
• Adrianus CENTEN (60), Wanroij(N-Br.)

• 1925 » Gilles Deleuze, French metaphysician and philosopher († 1995)
• 1925 » John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho († 2014)
• 1925 » Sol Yurick, American soldier and author († 2013)
• 1926 » Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic († 2013)
• 1927 » Sundaram Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player († 1990)
• 1928 » Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach († 2005)
• 1931 » Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea
• 1932 » Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright († 2007)
• 1933 » David Bellamy, English botanist, author and academic († 2019)
• 1933 » Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs

• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)

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

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

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• June 21 » An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
• August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on January 18, 1929 was between -11.0 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.