About the day » Friday January 29, 1943Calender converter

• Franciscus Hermanus Johannes Degenaar, Rotterdam († 1998)
• Verkerk, Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Jacob de Groot, Luxwoude, opsterland.fr.nld († 1993)
• Bert den Herder, Harderwijk († 1997)
• Dirk Varkevisser, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Erik SEGERS, Sint-Kwintens-Lennik,1750,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2009)
• Gijsbert van Duijn, Katwijk († 2007)
• Clasina Theodora Maria van Baaren, Dieren († 1984)
• Engelmundus Franciscus Warmerdam, Vogelenzang († 2014)
• Antonie BUIST, Paddepoel Groningen Netherlands († 1993)

• Albert Koes (56), ruinen-achterma
• Addy Adele Hoffmann (46), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Andries Anthonie van Hulst (72), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Meeker (65), Meyersville, Morris Co., New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Bartels Rozenbroek (65), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van den Broek (69), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Alberts Koes (56), Ruinen
• Alida Maria Petronella van Es (82), Den Helder
• Adriana van den Ende (57), Naaldwijk,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Albert Schuitema (79), Muntendam

• 1940 » Katharine Ross, American actress and author
• 1941 » Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author
• 1943 » Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2014)
• 1943 » Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host
• 1944 » Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager
• 1944 » Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican lawyer and judge
• 1944 » Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
• 1945 » Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1945 » Jim Nicholson, Northern Irish politician
• 1945 » Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman

• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Arie
11. Robert
12. Adrianus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Jacob
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Alida

• 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 9.1 million citizens.
• April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
• June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
• June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
• July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

The temperature on January 29, 1943 was between 6.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.