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• Johanna van Hooijdonk, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Hermina Johanna Slot, Hardenberg († 1946)
• Ina Louisa Adriana van Houdt, Terneuzen († 1954)
• Elidabertus Smits, Rhenen († 1999)
• Ella Frieda Halsema, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Johannes Antonius van Esdonk, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland (NLD) († 1944)
• Ittje Terpstra, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Gerardus Adrianus Franciscus Henric Copal († 2004)
• Daphne Emilie Loudon, Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1944)
• Cornelia Hendrika Valkenburg van, 's-Hertogenbosh († 2011)

• Adrianus van Broekhoven (79), Amsterdam
• Ate Hendriks Keidel (85), Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cecile Wilhelmina de Jong van Beek en Donk (43), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Kuijper (82), Zutphen
• Albertje Veurman (81), De Wijk
• Anna Elisabeth Meijjes (87), Velp
• Anna Cornelia Maria (Cor) Verdam (25), Tull en 't Waal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Kruis (83), Rotterdam
• Annegien Hendriks STYKEL (85), Surhuisterveen (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Wezel (69), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1941 » Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder
• 1941 » Pasqual Maragall, Spanish academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• 1943 » Richard Moll, American actor
• 1943 » William Duckworth, American composer and author († 2012)
• 1945 » Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author
• 1945 » Peter Simpson, English footballer
• 1946 » Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor
• 1946 » Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic († 2004)
• 1947 » Jacek Majchrowski, Polish historian, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 » John Lees, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1929 » H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 1957 » A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (b. 1919)
• 1963 » Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese businessman and politician, President of Togo (b. 1902)

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.
• June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
• June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
• July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
• August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
• September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
• November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

The temperature on January 13, 1944 was between 7.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.