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• Ilona Barendregt, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1945)
• Deirdre Marion Carty, South-Brisbane, Queensland, Australie († 1985)
• Gerrit Hamstra, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Klaas Ridder († 1945)
• clazina jannigje van der STOUW, strijen († 2013)
• francisca christina petronella (franka) houben, hegelsom (horst)
• Laurens Swart, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Carol van der Zwaag, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2015)
• Jan Hendrik Ruiterkamp, Junne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Evert Bootsman († 2020)

• Antje de Groot (59), Alkmaar, prov. Noord Holland
• Andries Sureveen (87), Enschede
• Barbara Catharina Van Horik (47), Rotterdam
• Francisca Johanna Fransen (40), Djakarta, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya) Indonesië
• Berendina Gijsberta Leewes (68), Nijmegen (Gelderland) Nederland
• Bernard Olberding (66), Randolph, Cedar County, Nebraska
• Berendje Kuiper (84), Nieuwe Pekela 64
• Arend Hoogenboom (42), , Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Brandenburg, Germany
• Antje De Groot (59), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia Hendrika Lindeman (87)

• 1942 » Quentin Bryce, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia
• 1943 » Harry Shearer, American actor, voice artist, and comedian
• 1943 » Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician and academic
• 1943 » Queen Silvia of Sweden
• 1943 » Ron Allen, American baseball player
• 1944 » Wesley Clark, American general
• 1945 » Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt
• 1945 » Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author
• 1946 » Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress
• 1946 » Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter

• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)

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.
• September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
• September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
• September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
• October 29 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
• November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
• November 10 » The ammunition ship USSMount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.

The temperature on December 23, 1944 was between -4.7 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.