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• Johan Dinant Grijsen, Eibergen, Berkelland, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 2004)
• Duane Edward VIASMAN, Plankinton, Aurora Co. South Dakota († 1987)
• Jan den Haring, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Jan Hendrik Hollander, Hengelo Overijssel Nederland († 2010)
• Frank Willis Pumphrey Jr. († 1998)
• hendrikus marie (harrie) kessels, helden
• Antje Geziena Bruggenkamp, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Catharina Antonia van der Velden, Weesperkarspel († 1996)
• Bart van Heeswijk, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Hendrik Helmus († 2016)

• Anthonij Bas Backer (77), Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Johannes Rolfast (58), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Anthony Bas Backer (77), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Ane Sakes Lanting (42), Bozum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jonker (0), Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Anthonij Bas Backer (77), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• van der Leck (82), Rotterdam (NL)
• Adriana Groezen van (64), Made en Drimmelen
• Adriaan Goudswaard (82), Schiedam
• Adrianus SCHRAUWEN (87), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1940 » Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1941 » Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician († 1999)
• 1942 » Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician
• 1942 » John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1943 » Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
• 1943 » Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator
• 1945 » Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter († 2003)

• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)

• 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 3 » World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
• April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
• May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
• July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• August 17 » World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
• September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.

The temperature on January 4, 1942 was between 1.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.