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• Jan Eijkemans, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1980)
• Gezinus Wesselink, Hardenberg († 1943)
• Anthonia Cornelia Scherpenisse, Noordgouwe († 1941)
• Vermeeren, Geertruidenberg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1998)
• G van Tongerloo († 2007)
• Betty May HODDER († 1995)
• John Max Calor († 2007)
• Jacob Antoon van den Born, Huizen († 2010)
• Gerardus Stam, Velsen († 1943)
• Jan Smeets († 2014)

• Alberts Pieters Frik (89), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Alessandro Martini comte Marescotti (69), Rome
• Aaltje Teisman (76), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Kirchner (72)
• Alida van Bakel (77), Wormerveer
• Adriana Johanna Wilke (71), Schiedam
• Adriana Martijntje Sneep (81), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria Theodora Calkoen (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Maria de Bode (77), Valkenburg
• Anna Neeltje den Ouden (64), Nieuw-Lekkerland

• 1938 » Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
• 1938 » Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
• 1938 » Larisa Shepitko, Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actress († 1979)
• 1939 » Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1939 » Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 2002)
• 1940 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1979)
• 1943 » Terry Venables, English footballer and manager
• 1944 » Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
• 1944 » Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1944 » Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1933 » Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
• 1939 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)

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. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Petronella
10. Catharina
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.
• January 28 » Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
• March 25 » The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
• April 10 » World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
• May 13 » World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
• July 16 » Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
• 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.

The temperature on January 6, 1941 was between -5.9 °C and -5.1 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.