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• Jacobus Schipper, Enschede Overijssel Nederland († 1994)
• Aurelius Louis (Relus) ter Beek, Coevorden († 2008)
• Johannes Jacobus Cornelis van Duivenvoorde, Heemskerk († 2008)
• Krijn Versluis, Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Jacobus Schipper († 1994)
• dochter Vogelaars, Roosendaal († 2009)
• John Scott Kenoyer, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Brian Thompson Knight, Denver, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Leonard Leopold Hoekx, Lommel († 1991)
• Louisa Johanna Wilhelmina de Goffau, Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)

• Antonia Bergmans (70), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Lubbertus Johan Grolleman (62), Den Haag
• Alida de BIS (77), Dordrecht
• Pietertje Blesma (60), Leeuwarden
• Antonius Hubertus Godefridus van Berkel (52), raverstein
• Alphonsus Heijman (51), Den Haag
• van der Valk, Zeist
• Albert Godefroid Marie Ghislain DEFALQUE (72), Court-Saint-Étienne, 1490, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Anna Catharina Van Gestel (69), Loenhout
• Anna Catharina Van Gestel (69), Loenhout

• 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. 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.
• March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
• April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
• June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
• July 9 » World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
• August 22 » World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
• September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.

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.