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• Georgette Hayen, Alken, België († 2021)
• Hendrik Aalt van Huisstede, Weesp († 2011)
• Johanna Maria Eva Warning, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Johannes Bonifacius Koelman, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Gijsbertus Willem Mijs, Alphen aan den Rijn († 2007)
• Dick ter Maten, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2008)
• Mariette Desnouck, Staden,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1977)
• Hendrik Werner Janssen, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1944)
• Frans Joseph Janssen, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1944)
• Martha Libertina Westerhof, Lucaswolde (gemeente Marum) († 1946)

• Berend Post (39), Heerenveen
• Anna Arping (76)
• Anthonia Charlotte DE COOLE (69), Utrecht, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bastiana Catharina Steffen (47), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Casper America (70), Heerlen
• Bastiana Catharina Steffen (47), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Kaspers (14), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van der Wijst (77), Bergharen
• Berend Post (39), Heerenveen (39jr)
• Anna Bell Cobb (73), Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, United States

• 1942 » Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic
• 1942 » Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
• 1942 » Steve Blass, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1944 » Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, English academic and politician
• 1944 » Kathy Acker, American author and poet († 1997)
• 1944 » Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor and photographer
• 1944 » Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent and double agent
• 1945 » Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author († 2009)
• 1945 » Richard Bausch, American novelist and short story writer
• 1945 » Robert Bausch, American novelist and short story writer

• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)

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.
• January 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
• February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
• June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• July 9 » World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government.
• September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
• October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.

The temperature on April 18, 1944 was between 2.7 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.