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• Lesley Walter van Hees, Curacao Ned Antillen
• Jacomina Machalina Harinck, 's Heer Abtskerke († 2022)
• Johanna Kap, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Henderikus Vugteveen, Emmen († 2002)
• Jan Willem Alex Koenders († 1988)
• Marchinus Koops, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Johanna Kap, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Jacobus Koops, Vries († 1945)
• John Dwigal Ingram, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Kerry Terence LESLIE († 2016)

• Adrianus Christiaan Konings (77), Klundert, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aart Groenendijk (88), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Marie(Jeanny) Baudry (12), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Verweij (74), Loenersloot, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adèle (Marie Adèle) BASTIN (50), Baugnez-Malmedy, Province de Liège, Belgique
• Aafke Schipper (62), Stedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Doorn (37), Wormerveer, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes van Doorn (37), Wormerveer, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nl
• Albert Faber (37), Diemen
• Anton Slomp (20), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1942 » Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
• 1943 » Ron Geesin, Scottish pianist and composer
• 1944 » Bernard Hill, English actor
• 1944 » Carlo M. Croce, Italian-American oncologist and academic
• 1944 » Jack L. Chalker, American author and educator († 2005)
• 1945 » Chris Matthews, American journalist and author
• 1945 » David Mallet, British director
• 1945 » Ernie Hudson, American actor
• 1945 » Jüri Talvet, Estonian poet and critic
• 1945 » Jacqueline Wilson, English author and academic

• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)
• 1947 » Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)

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: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
• March 3 » The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
• August 4 » The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
• September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
• November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.

The temperature on December 17, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.