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• Emile Julianus Maria Vervliet, Borgerhout, Antwerpen
• Bastiaan Hartholt, Balkbrug, Overijssel, Nederland († 1970)
• jan BOTH, oud-beijerland († 2021)
• Donald BATTJES, Battle Creek Calhoun County Michigan U.S.A († 2018)
• Lena Cornelia van der Hoeven († 1998)
• Bas Hartholt († 1970)
• Gerrit Riem, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• de Kleine, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• N.N. Veld, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1944)
• Cornelius Marinus van Gemeren, Oegstgeest († 2007)

• Andre Alexander Linskens (23), Villemoyenne, 10419, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• Amel Jan Thomas van Eijk (70), Delft
• (85), ALBLASSERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elizabeth Alderliesten (49), Ridderkerk
• Clara Vanderveen (37), Blue Island (Cook, Illinois, USA)
• Albert Bobbink (74), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Keuppens (54), Oud-Turnhout, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus Marinus Verhappen (66), Geldrop
• Catharina Beem (81), Rijswijk
• Cornelia Van Geel (77), Halsteren (Lepelstraat)

• 1942 » Barbara George, American R&B singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1942 » Lesley Turner Bowrey, Australian tennis player
• 1942 » Robert Squirrel Lester, American soul singer († 2010)
• 1943 » Woody Peoples, American football player († 2010)
• 1944 » Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1945 » Bob Balaban, American actor, director, and producer
• 1945 » Gary Loizzo, American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer († 2016)
• 1945 » Nigel Terry, British stage and film actor († 2015)
• 1945 » Russell Brookes, English race car driver
• 1945 » Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator

• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1952 » Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
• 1959 » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)

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.
• February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
• March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
• May 18 » World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
• November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
• December 15 » World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.

The temperature on August 16, 1944 was between 10.6 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.