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• Otto Johannes van Sonsbeek, Heerewaarden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Jos De Schutter († 1989)
• Karen Mary Fogarty, Indiana († 2016)
• Guido Leonard Ghislenus Punie, Alken, België († 1967)
• Neil de Ronde, Iowa († 2022)
• Engelbertus van Vilsteren, Wengelo (Wijhe) († 1992)
• Louise Maria Josefa Cremer, Utrecht († 2004)
• Brian Forbes, NSW, Australia († 1989)
• Bernhardt T Geerdes, Hartley, O´Brien County, Iowa († 1999)
• Margaretha Bos, Rotterdam († 1995)

• aart BARENDREGT (74), moordrecht
• Agatha van Merwijk (35), Rotterdam
• Alida Catharina 't Hart (78), Soest
• Angela Wilhelmiene Dröge (54), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha Walraven (60)
• Albert Wind (75), Zwolle
• Anna Elisabeth Griffioen (78), Haarlemmerliede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje Koeten (83), Sint Pancras
• Alice M. Bond (76), Nevada, Story, Iowa, United States
• Albertus Jonkers (44), Dieverbrug

• 1939 » John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1940 » Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
• 1942 » Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
• 1942 » Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
• 1943 » Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 » John Tavener, English composer († 2013)
• 1944 » Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara († 2013)
• 1945 » Frank Doubleday, American actor († 2018)
• 1945 » Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
• 1945 » Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player († 2013)

• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
• 1947 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)

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 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• 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.
• July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSOhio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
• September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.

The temperature on January 28, 1942 was between -4.5 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.