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• Mannelijk Lagast, Moederhuis, Oostmeers C9, Brugge († 1944)
• Frits VANDEWALLE, Tielt († 1999)
• Frederikus Gerhardus Arkes, De Belte († 2006)
• Maartje de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Herman Adrianus Petrus Maria van KLEEF, Dussen († 1945)
• Johanna Marianne Faasse († 1992)
• Frederik Rudolf Boland, Dinxperlo († 2012)
• Hendrik Lambertus Hagedoorn († 2024)
• Jacobus de Graaf, Groet, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Jan Remi Maria Van Sande, Mortsel († 2003)

• Adriana in't Veld (66)
• Abraham de Wit (74), Auschwitz (Polen)
• Alexander Swaab (63), Oswicim-Polen
• Abraham Cohen (60), Auschwitz PL
• Abraham Arbeid (53), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Abraham Kinsbergen (67), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Aletta Maria Vogel (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kar van der (65), Concentratiekamp Auschwitz, Polen
• (2) Rosalie Hecht (76), Auschwitz (concentratiekamp) Polen
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• 1942 » Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
• 1942 » Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
• 1943 » Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 » John Tavener, English composer († 2013)
• 1944 » Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara († 2013)
• 1945 » Frank Doubleday, American actor († 2018)
• 1945 » John Perkins, American author and activist
• 1945 » Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
• 1945 » Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player († 2013)
• 1947 » Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire

• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
• 1947 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)

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.
• January 27 » World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
• June 7 » World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
• September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
• November 21 » World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
• November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
• December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.

The temperature on January 28, 1944 was between 8.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.