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• Johnny de Groot, Alkmaar († 1949)
• Gary Allen Anger, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• levenloos Velders, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Clasina Adriana van Middelkoop, Osdorp († 1989)
• Benny James Evans, Gorgas. Walker County, Alabama († 2014)
• Klaas Schaftenaar, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• Gabie Anthuenis, Eksaarde († 2014)
• Dries FLIER, Kamperveen (NL/OV) († 2022)
• Eric Kok, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1942)

• Antoinetta Maria Koehorst (0), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Elisabeth in de Braek (41), Maastricht
• Haperen, Teteringen
• Arendje van Bezooijen (55), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Jansen (83), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Van Der Waal (16), Rotterdam
• Alfons Beller (31)
• Antonie Krens (82), den haag
• Bendina Maria Peters (44), Hengelo,Gemeente Hengelo,Overijssel,Nederland
• Bendina Maria Peters (44), Hengelo

• 1938 » Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
• 1938 » Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
• 1939 » Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1939 » Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 2002)
• 1940 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1979)
• 1943 » Terry Venables, English footballer and manager
• 1944 » Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
• 1944 » Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1944 » Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 » Barry John, Welsh rugby player

• 1934 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
• 1939 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
• 1949 » Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Wilhelmus
10. Jacobus
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. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
16. Annie

• 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 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
• March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
• May 12 » World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
• June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
• November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.

The temperature on January 6, 1942 was between -3.1 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.