About the day » Friday January 23, 1942Calender converter

• Johanna Maria Mijnhout, Hilversum († 2000)
• Bernardus Matla († 1942)
• Cornelia Gosewina Maria Woerdenbagch, Schiedam († 1990)
• Deverne Nelson TURNER, American Fork, Utah County, Utah, United States of America († 1942)
• Maaike Petronella Kollöffel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Erica Hillegonda Wiering († 2018)
• Freda Bell Purifoy **** († 1969)
• Cornelia Gosewina Maria Woerdenbagch (geb. als Van Wijnen), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Wijker, Egmond aan Zee
• Egbert Kwant († 2005)

• Albert Heidstra (94), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes van Engelen (87), Vlijmen
• Adrianus van Brunschot (82), Oirschot
• Achiel Adolf ROEF (34), Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Maria Catharina CLAES (58), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Aaltje van den Dolder (81), Loosdrecht
• Alphonsus Maria Bernadus Johannes Geerdinck (48), Enschede
• Albert Haarsma (74), Amersfoort
• Albert Jan van Dijk (90), Oldebroek
• Antonius Leonardus Maria den Biezen (0), Eindhoven

• 1940 » Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic († 2015)
• 1940 » Joe Dowell, American pop singer († 2016)
• 1941 » João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic († 2014)
• 1941 » Jock R. Anderson, Australian economist and academic
• 1942 » Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician
• 1942 » Laurie Mayne, Australian cricketer
• 1942 » Phil Clarke, New Zealand rugby union player
• 1943 » Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman († 2010)
• 1943 » Gary Burton, American vibraphone player and composer
• 1943 » Gil Gerard, American actor and producer

• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)

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.
• January 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
• February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
• March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
• April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
• June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
• August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.

The temperature on January 23, 1942 was between -13.2 °C and -6.4 °C and averaged -9.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.