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• Bernardus Jacobus Johannes Nederstigt, Hillegom († 1945)
• Johannes Gerardus Jacobs, Veldhoven († 1960)
• Larry Ralph Rieke, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Johanna Fransisca Opdorp van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 1953)
• Jan Jacobs († 1960)
• Henricus Laurentius Petrus Hubertus Adriaans († 2008)
• Richard Edgar Xavier de Jong, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1945)
• Hermanus Cornelis (Henny) Cruijff, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2023)
• Charles Maarten Kemper, Rotterdam († 1982)
• Maurice Jean-Pierre Céleste Desire GARDESALLE, Luik (Luik) (B) († 1994)

• Adriaan Kasse (30), Oost en West Souburg, Zeeland, NL
• Adrianus Hendricus Johannes van Oijen (66), Den Haag
• Adriana Elfferich (0), Delft
• Ane Reindert Buwalda (66), Hilversum
• Aloijsius van Rijswijk (67), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Konijn (22), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Biever (54), Enschede
• Abraham Jacob Pietersz van der Werke (32), Breda
• Aiko Kuiper (68), Groningen
• Aegidia Johanna Elizabeth Viruly (81), Ellecom en De Steeg

• 1941 » J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2015)
• 1941 » Max Baucus, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China
• 1942 » Anna Carteret, English actress
• 1943 » John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State
• 1944 » Brenda Lee, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Jon Garrison, American tenor and educator
• 1944 » Lynda Day George, American actress
• 1946 » Diana Palmer, American journalist and author
• 1946 » Rhoma Irama, Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1946 » Rick McCosker, Australian cricketer

• 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1937 » Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1938 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1941 » John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (b. 1922)
• 1945 » Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (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.
• February 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
• October 2 » World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
• November 10 » The ammunition ship USSMount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.

The temperature on December 11, 1944 was between 1.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.