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• griet (Margaretha maria) Steur, Edam / Volendam († 2023)
• Bernardus Elias van den Engel, Maasland, Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2023)
• Johanna Wijbenga († 1994)
• Adriana Verhagen, Nieuw Vossemeer († 2000)
• Cornelis Hutink († 1945)
• hubertus peter franciscus (huub) hermans, helden-koningslust († 2023)
• Frank Shelton Kinkade, Shelby, Bolivar Co., MS († 1989)
• Mieke Sonneveld, Delft († 1983)
• Kenneth Eugene Engleka, Somerset Co, Pennsylvania († 2016)
• levenloos Moll, Nijkerk († 1941)

• Albertus Johannes Niens (78), Lemelerveld, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje de Jong (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Israel Breslauer Dr Jur Rechtsnwlt (86), Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• Alberta Adriana Schols (77), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Boeree (66), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abram Hendrikus van Deth
• Anna Katharina Eberson (75), Duisburg-Beeck
• Albertje OOSTRA (70), Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Carolus SEGERS (46)
• Allegonda van Nistelrooij (75), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1937 » Boris Spassky, Russian chess player and theoretician
• 1937 » Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
• 1938 » Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan († 2016)
• 1941 » Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States, 17th US Secretary of Defense
• 1941 » Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author
• 1941 » Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
• 1942 » Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2018)
• 1943 » Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager
• 1944 » Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge
• 1944 » Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic

• 1926 » Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1928 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1929 » La Goulue, French model and dancer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)

• 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.
• January 20 » A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
• January 28 » Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
• October 31 » After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
• November 12 » World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12°C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
• November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.
• December 25 » Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The temperature on January 30, 1941 was between -6.6 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.