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• Johan van den Belt, Hasselt († 1997)
• Leonard Leopold Hoekx, Lommel († 1991)
• Johannes Jacobus Cornelis van Duivenvoorde, Heemskerk († 2008)
• Jeltje-Dina Renkema, Medenmblik Noord-Holland Nederland († 2014)
• Aurelius Louis (Relus) ter Beek, Coevorden († 2008)
• John Scott Kenoyer, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Marc Leon De Waele, Gent († 2009)
• Geertruida Maria Hattink, 's-Gravenhage († 1995)
• Henricus Cornelis Hoefsloot, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2001)
• levenloos van der horst

• Albertje Hontje (92), Groningen Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Van Gestel (69), Loenhout
• Antonius Dekkers (45), Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Modderman, Enschede
• Abraham Amesz (63), Ede
• Annie Catherine Doup (79), West Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa
• Adriana Herrebout (73), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Zanen (19), Coevorden
• Alphonsus Heijman (51), Den Haag
• Abraham van der Schalk (80), Schiedam

• 1943 » Charlie Wilson, American businessman and politician († 2013)
• 1943 » Dave Greenslade, English keyboard player and composer
• 1943 » Kay Granger, American educator and politician
• 1943 » Paul Freeman, English actor
• 1944 » Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
• 1944 » Carl Morton, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1944 » Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• 1944 » Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1945 » Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1946 » Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler († 2019)

• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)

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. Dirk

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.
• April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
• April 25 » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
• September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
• October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
• November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.

The temperature on January 18, 1944 was between 1.7 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.