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• * Willem Frederik Wijnobel, Rotterdam († 2006)
• Bartha Reina Prummel, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Eddy Louis WIJNBERGEN, Utrecht, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)
• Darrel Lewis Hinton ****, Park Rapids, Hubbard, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Johannes Maas († 2008)
• Klaas Moolhuysen († 1998)
• Hendrik Th. Lamers, Huissen († 2002)
• Barbara Louise Diebold, Oran Scott County Missouri († 1996)
• Hilde Driessen, Elsloo,, Limburg, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Rinzes Visser, Giekerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)

• Aaltje Reitsema (0), Gerkesklooster, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha - Aat Rampion (67), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje Langedijk (76), Blokker
• Alwilda Catt Davidson (80), Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Marinus Rübsaam (50), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Hendrikx (79), Swalmen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aafke Kamminga (56), Groningen
• Adrianus Marinus Rubsaam (51), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alois Pauwels (49), Bornem, Belgi�
• Baijens Joannes Cornelius Franciscus (71), Haps, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1941 » Mike Medavoy, Chinese-American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures
• 1941 » Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor
• 1941 » Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1941 » Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince († 2013)
• 1942 » Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1942 » Eugène Camara, Prime Minister of Guinea († 2019)
• 1942 » Freddy Breck, German singer, producer, and news anchor († 2008)
• 1942 » Han Pil-hwa, North Korean speed skater
• 1942 » Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1942 » Michael G. Wilson, American producer and screenwriter

• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
• 1933 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876)
• 1950 » George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903)
• 1955 » Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)

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.
• June 10 » World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
• June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
• July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
• August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
• October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
• December 10 » World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.

The temperature on January 21, 1942 was between -16.5 °C and -10.4 °C and averaged -14.0 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.