About the day » Saturday April 1, 1944Calender converter

• Annigje Klazina Jonker, Enschede, OV, Nederland († 2002)
• Hendrik Goedhart, Groningen († 2013)
• Egbert Jan Willering, Hardenberg († 2022)
• Arie Jansz van der Meijde, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Van Deun Karel Theodoor Frans, Beerse, Antwerpen, België († 2007)
• Anne-Marie de Pocci, Heidenheim-sur-le-Brenz, 08135, Allemagne († 2008)
• Christina Antonia Elisabeth Janssen, Heerlen († 2018)
• Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda van Steijn, Loosduinen († 2004)
• Erwin K Young († 2007)
• Antonia Geertruida Petronella de Winter, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 1994)

• Adrianus van Rossum (46), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana Rijnberg (45), Amsterdam
• Abraham Goudsmit (26), Onbekend
• Aalt van Dijk (80), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Fijma (70), Zaandam
• Adriaantje Boersma (69), heeg
• Alida Everdina Kraan (45), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland The Netherlands
• Aaltje van Erven (85), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Brandt (91), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Swennen (77), Groot-Gelmen, België

• 1941 » Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, coach, and manager († 2018)
• 1941 » Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician († 2012)
• 1942 » Richard D. Wolff, American economist and academic
• 1942 » Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic
• 1943 » Dafydd Wigley, Welsh academic and politician
• 1946 » Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1946 » Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security
• 1946 » Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer († 1997)
• 1947 » Alain Connes, French mathematician and academic
• 1947 » Philippe Kirsch, Canadian lawyer and judge

• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
• 1924 » Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)

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. Dirk

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.
• April 22 » World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.
• June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
• June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
• August 9 » The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
• 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 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.

The temperature on April 1, 1944 was between -2.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.