About the day » Thursday December 14, 1944Calender converter

• Kap, Rotterdam († 1944)
• Dennis Willard Bolt, Berwyn (Cook County (Illinois) († 2023)
• Frouwina Stiekel, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Hermanus Johannes Maathuis, Geesteren († 2003)
• Janet Rayment-Briggs, Edmonton, Middlesex. England († 1986)
• Folkert Potze († 1971)
• Bregtje Spaans, Schagen († 2011)
• Ann DockstadTer, unbekannt († 2016)
• Grietje Buis († 2011)
• Cornelia Pietertje Koster, Delden († 1988)

• Anna Catharina Pretorius (64), Zuid-Afrika, R.S.A.
• Alyda Herminia Den Hartigh (57)
• Alphonsus Victor Maria Bonnike (57), Evacuatiekamp Paré-Paré (Celebes)
• Alijda Hermina den HARTIGH (57)
• Anna Catharina Pretorius (64)
• Aalrich Recker (79), Lansing, Illinois, The United States of America
• Adriana Elisabeth Jacoba Romijn (42), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Overdijk (82)
• Aalrich (Ahlrich) Recker (79), Lansing, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anne van der Ley (76), Joure, Friesland, Nederland

• 1942 » Chris Harris, English actor and director († 2014)
• 1942 » Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1943 » Emmett Tyrrell, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded The American Spectator
• 1943 » Tommy McAvoy, Scottish politician
• 1944 » Denis Thwaites, English professional footballer murdered in the 2015 Sousse attacks (died 2015)
• 1944 » Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham, English businessman, founded DFS
• 1946 » Antony Beevor, English historian and author
• 1946 » Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer
• 1946 » John Du Prez, English conductor and composer
• 1946 » Patty Duke, American actress († 2016)

• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (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.
• June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
• July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
• October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
• October 29 » The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
• November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
• December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.

The temperature on December 14, 1944 was between -0.8 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.