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• Hendrika Jacoba Bommezijn, 's Gravenhage († 1998)
• Martje de Wit, Winschoten gemeente Oldambt Groningen († 2011)
• Hendrika Jacoba Bommezijn, Den Haag († 1998)
• Godefrina Catharina van de Luijtgaarden, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• johannes bernardus verlinden, helden-grashoek
• Henk Peters († 2016)
• Luitjen Cornelius (Luit) Kruize, Nederland († 2012)
• Jantje van Schilt, Bergen op Zoom († 1948)
• Frank Patrick CONNELLY Jr, Cohoes, Albany, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Luitjen Cornelius Kruize, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 2012)

• Anna Both (89), Oud-Beijerland
• Adriana van Kasteren (75), Achel,, Limburg, België
• Aartje Maria Mostert (83), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Doormaal (68), Tilburg
• Anna Both (89), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Adriana van Kasteren (75), Achel
• Anna Getruda Marchal (74), Beek-Geverik
• Alan Spiers (22), Virginia
• Anne Groenveld (91), IJlst, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendrika Boswinkel (83), Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1940 » Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1940 » James Cromwell, American actor
• 1940 » Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
• 1940 » Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist († 1981)
• 1942 » John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian († 2019)
• 1942 » Kate Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1986)
• 1942 » Maki Asakawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)
• 1942 » Tasuku Honjo, Japanese immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
• 1943 » Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, English businesswoman and politician

• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
• 1963 » John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)

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

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

• 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 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 9.0 million citizens.
• April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
• April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
• May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
• June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• August 26 » At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
• September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.

The temperature on January 27, 1942 was between -24.7 °C and -5.0 °C and averaged -14.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.