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• Johannes Roelfsema, Onstwedde († 2013)
• Engelina Leentje Driessen, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Egelina Leentje Driessen, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Johannes Gerardus Adrianus Holtkamp, Rijswijk (Z-H) († 1945)
• Kaye Louise Meiser († 1945)
• Corrie Vorstenbosch, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Guy NOLLET, SINT-JANS-MOLENBEEK († 2016)
• Bonita M "Bonnie" Burdash, fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten
• Louisa Lisette Stinissen, Bocholt (Be), Limburg, België († 2005)
• Doodgeboren kind Verhoeven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)

• Antonius Hubertus Josephus Lemmens (65), Utrecht
• Adriana Bakker (78), Rotterdam
• Alphonsus Verbert (84), Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus Johannes de Gouw (50), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van der Steen (77), Eindhoven
• AMEDEE ROCHTUS (68), MARIEKERKE,ANTWERPEN,BELGIE
• Alphonsus Johannes Antonius Kreijtz (85), Grave
• Abraham Brakman (60), Zuidzande
• Antonie Hendrik de Graaff (85), Wageningen
• Alice Eugenia Pieters (73), Philippine, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1942 » Michael Crawford, English actor and singer
• 1942 » Paul-Eerik Rummo, Estonian poet and politician
• 1943 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter († 1970)
• 1943 » Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
• 1944 » Dan Reeves, American football player and coach
• 1944 » Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer
• 1944 » Thom Mayne, American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower
• 1945 » Trevor Williams, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1946 » Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic

• 1929 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1930 » Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
• 1938 » Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1963 » Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)

• 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 13 » World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
• June 25 » World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
• July 20 » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
• November 19 » World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.
• November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.

The temperature on January 19, 1944 was between 3.2 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.