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• Ari Brasil, Brasil († 2015)
• Johanna Everdina Francisca Dantzig
• Jeltje Romkes Schaap, Tirns, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Anna Pijpker, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• Arlyn Ray Kloosterhouse, Coopersville Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Doodgeboren dochter Robben, Tilburg († 1944)
• Anthonius Christiaan (Schlepers (born Lozgunova)) Schlepers, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)
• Ad van ROOIJ, Alem, Maren en Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Hendrik Weggemans, Westerbork, Nederland († 2012)
• Aaltje Jansje van Drie, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2000)

• Albert Widenhorn (67), Rotterdam
• Balsfoort, van Martinus Wilhelmus Maria (0), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Annigje van der Vecht [ Vegte ] (85), Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Maria Lust (65), Lenexa, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Johannesen Beens (81), Amersfoort
• Annigje van der Vecht (85), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Aaltje Kussendrager (55), Terwispel, Nederland
• Annigje (Vegt) van der Vecht (85), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Batterman (62)
• Albert Christopher Schetrompf (71), Fulton County, Pennsylvania

• 1941 » Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player
• 1942 » John Marsden, Australian lawyer and activist († 2006)
• 1942 » John Thaw, English actor and producer, played Inspector Morse († 2002)
• 1943 » Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, author, and actor
• 1944 » Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author
• 1945 » Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer († 2002)
• 1947 » Fran Cotton, English rugby player
• 1947 » Zulema, American singer-songwriter († 2013)

• 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1946 » William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1956 » Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)

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.
• May 1 » World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
• August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
• October 21 » World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
• December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.

The temperature on January 3, 1944 was between 5.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain during 15.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.