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• Jan VAN DER PERS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 2006)
• Judith Ann Catarinich († 1969)
• johannes gerardus janssen, helden
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria Klaassen, Breda († 2007)
• Johannes Hendrikus ten Thije, Haaksbergen († 1946)
• Cornelis Jan van Keulen († 2021)
• Melvin Hoekstra, ,,,, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Ludovicus Theodorus Meilink, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Ernest Wilhelmus KAPITEIJN, Lisse († 1993)
• Lambert Smit, Hijken, Netherlands († 2021)

• Antonius Vervaart, Oudenbosch
• Antje Aukes de Vries (80), Gorredijk, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Allard Philips Reinier Karel van der Borch tot Verwolde (62), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Allard Philips Reinier Karel Baron van der Borch van Verwolde (62), Deventer,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Aukes de Vries (80), Gorredijk
• Albert Harreling (61), Hoensbroek, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Allard Philips Reinier Karel van der Borch tot Verwolde (62), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie den Hollander (18), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Cornelis Borsboom (65), Schiedam
• Aaltje Hottinga (22), Amsterdam

• 1941 » Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician († 2014)
• 1941 » Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist
• 1941 » Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor († 2005)
• 1942 » Bernardine Dohrn, American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic
• 1944 » Cynthia Robinson, American R&B trumpet player and singer (d 2015)
• 1944 » Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist
• 1944 » Joe Frazier, American boxer († 2011)
• 1945 » Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1946 » Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge

• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)

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

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

• 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.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• August 12 » Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
• August 20 » World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
• November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
• December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
• December 18 » World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.

The temperature on January 12, 1944 was between 0.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.