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• Melton Wayne Todd ?****, Riverside, California, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Klaas Veerman († 2001)
• Durk Hak († 2014)
• Frank August Marie Kamoen, Terneuzen, Nederland († 1947)
• Mannes Roeterdink, Gorssel († 2020)
• Allegonda Petronella Cornelia van Vught, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Jan Knetsch, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Arthur John EYLES († 2019)
• Marinus Theodorus (Marie) Beks, Vught († 1988)
• Albert Martinus Jansen, Winterswijk († 1997)

• Bastiaantje Huizer (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Tekke (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Laurenzen (70), NIJMEGEN, GD, NL
• Arie Cornelis de Bruin (82), Oudewater, Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• antoon korsten (75), helden
• Bastiaantje Huijser (54), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Laurenzen (70), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Dieterman (51), Clio (Genesee County) (Michigan)
• Adriana Koopman (84), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Brill (74), Marpingen, St Wendel, Saarland (D)

• 1945 » Trevor Williams, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1946 » Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1946 » Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic
• 1947 » Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist and academic († 2017)
• 1947 » Paula Deen, American chef and author
• 1947 » Rod Evans, English singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick
• 1948 » Mal Reilly, English rugby league player and coach
• 1948 » Nancy Lynch, American computer scientist and academic
• 1949 » Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host († 2012)

• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Adrianus
8. Robert
9. Pieter
10. Jacobus
11. Peter
12. Petrus
13. Dirk
14. Jacob
15. Antonius
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Wilhelmina
6. Anna
7. Hendrika
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Adriana
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Yvonne
14. Jacoba
15. Helena
16. Linda

• 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
• January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.

The temperature on January 19, 1947 was between -1.0 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.