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• Marijke van Pagée, Delft († 2002)
• Carolina Anne Constance Mulder, 's-Gravenhage († 2011)
• Han Netten, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Hans Simon Adriaan de Vreugd, Haarlem († 2004)
• Hubertus Hendrikus Maria van Strien, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• Jean Marie de Modave de Masogne, Floree († 1952)
• Cornelis van Dijk, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Gerd Sdralek († 2011)
• LaVern Albert Helsing († 1992)
• Lizy Jehaes, Hoeselt, België († 1997)

• Anna Christina Zegers (69), Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• de Casparis (0), Amsterdam
• Antonia van Uum (89), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Kool (35), Watchet, Somerset, Groot Brittanië
• Anna Euphemia Albrink (59), Almelo
• Abraham Stolk (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltinus Winter (1), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Leendert de Jonge (4), Zaandam
• Alixe Posty (67), Termonde
• Adrianus Roodbol (76), IJsselmonde

• 1938 » Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
• 1938 » Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1940 » Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican race car driver († 1971)
• 1941 » Bobby Goldsboro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) († 1991)
• 1941 » Denise Bombardier, Canadian journalist and author
• 1943 » Charlie Wilson, American businessman and politician († 2013)
• 1943 » Dave Greenslade, English keyboard player and composer
• 1943 » Kay Granger, American educator and politician
• 1943 » Paul Freeman, English actor

• 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. 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. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
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 23 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
• July 6 » The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
• September 17 » World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
• October 8 » World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
• December 25 » Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.

The temperature on January 18, 1941 was between -10.1 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.