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• Irvin Genaro Simmons, Curaçao, Ned. Antillen († 2007)
• Hendriktje Vos († 1996)
• Jan Marinus van Lith, Wadenoijen (GL) († 2001)
• Gerard Joseph (Jo) Roberts, Nuth, Li.NL († 2006)
• Joanna Maria Crevels († 1945)
• Cornelis Adrianus Koeken, Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Cornelis Alberts, Vriezenveen († 1943)
• Johan Pieter Fokker, Bandoeng († 2010)
• Helena Samuel Barendse, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Klaas Pieters Kingsbergen, Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1990)

• Anthonia Viergever (61)
• Alfred Charles Scrivens (71), Napa, Napa County, California, United States of America
• Abraham Fuchs (83), Leiden
• Albert Ede van Zwol (61), Amersfoort
• Aagje (Agnes) Cornelisdr Wijdenes (79), Sultan, Washington, United States
• Antonia Josephina Maria van Zelst (0), Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Hendrikus van Gelooven (81), Hasselt (B)
• Abraham de Kraker (143), Zaamslag
• Angela Sandwillen (74), Neurhede
• Antonia Josephina Maria Zelst, van, Wehl

• 1940 » Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author († 2007)
• 1940 » Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge († 1992)
• 1941 » Colin Gunton, English theologian and academic († 2003)
• 1941 » Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee
• 1942 » Michael Crawford, English actor and singer
• 1942 » Paul-Eerik Rummo, Estonian poet and politician
• 1943 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter († 1970)
• 1943 » Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
• 1944 » Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer

• 1929 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1930 » Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
• 1938 » Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1963 » Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
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.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
• July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
• July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
• September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
• November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.

The temperature on January 19, 1942 was between -13.4 °C and -6.5 °C and averaged -10.3 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.