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• Karel Lobregt, Rijswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Jef Huijnen, Eijsden,6245,Eijsden-Margraten,Limburg,Nederland
• Antonetta Johanna Maria van Gastel, Roosendaal en Nispen (NL) († 1944)
• Adrianus Antonius Graumans, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1990)
• Henry Lee Vander West, Moline, Allegan Co., MI († 1979)
• Anna Elisabeth Maria van Holstein, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1983)
• * Arnouts, Brasschaat († 1942)
• Donna Kay Todd, Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois († 1943)
• Luis MIECHIELSEN, Antwerp Belgium († 2003)
• Nn Pas, Curaçao,NA († 1942)

• Jeff Gulley (80)
• Anna Adriana KERKHOF (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertien Arends (85), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Houwen (0), Arnhem, Gemeente Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alfred Salo Mish (63), Riga-Jungfernhof Concentration Camp
• Albertien Arends (85), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amalie Neumann (64), Riga-Jungfernhof Concentration Camp
• Anne Gerbens de Groot (82), Het Meer, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Aukes Heidstra (66), Zwaagwesteinde
• Antje Aukes Heidstra (66), Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1939 » Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 » Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1939 » Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
• 1940 » Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist, and essayist
• 1941 » Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder
• 1941 » Pasqual Maragall, Spanish academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• 1943 » Richard Moll, American actor
• 1943 » William Duckworth, American composer and author († 2012)
• 1945 » Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author
• 1945 » Peter Simpson, English footballer

• 1923 » Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1929 » H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 1957 » A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
11. Robert
12. Adrianus
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. 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 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.
• January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
• May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
• June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
• August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
• December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
• December 22 » World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.

The temperature on January 13, 1942 was between -8.8 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.