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• Harriet Sue Rennings, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, VA († 2022)
• Anna Gesina Wubbels, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)
• James Francis (Frank) Murphy, Tuam, Ierland († 2004)
• James Francis Murphy († 2004)
• Jean Dirix, Sint-Truiden, België († 2010)
• Dirkje den Boer, Zevenbergen († 2019)
• Doreen Kay († 2005)
• Henri Jan Frans De Man, Weert († 1944)
• Antonius Paulus Maria Koster, Zeddam, Gemeente Monferland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Eddie Agelink, Amsterdam († 2001)

• Adriaan Jan Huibregtse (41), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Adriana Maria Raijmakers (72), Delft
• Adriana Maria Raaijmakers (72), Delft
• Adriana de Pagter (31), Westkapelle
• Adrianus Hessels (47), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maatje Mallie (19), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Anna Berendina Nijenhuis (58), den haag
• Adriana Brasser (49), Westkapelle
• Adriana Huibregtse (14), Westkapelle
• Abraham Kornelis Theune (73), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL

• 1941 » Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1941 » Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 » Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
• 1943 » Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
• 1944 » Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
• 1944 » Roy Horn, German-American magician and actor
• 1945 » Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1945 » Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
• 1945 » Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1946 » P. P. Arnold, American soul singer

• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)

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 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
• 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 15 » In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
• July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
• August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
• August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.

The temperature on October 3, 1944 was between 4.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.