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• Johan Jans de Wolff, Spanga († 1962)
• Josephina Maria Agnes (José) Keijdener, Itteren († 1944)
• Nico Bierkens, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2001)
• Jean Pierre Corby, Rozoy-Le-Vieil, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire († 2021)
• Johannes Maria Tobé, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Akke Wagenaar († 2004)
• Judy Snow, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America († 2003)
• Adrianus Dekkers, Onbekend
• Duane Douglas Baas, Stearns, Minnesota († 2010)
• Akke Wagenaar, Tijnje († 2004)

• Arnold Heinrich Grau (49), Titonka, Kossuth County, Iowa
• Albertus Borgers (75), Nijmegen
• Arnoldus Adrianus Franciscus Scheffer (35), 's-Gravenhage
• Benjamina Dorothea Beem (83), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arend Adrianus van der Velde (32), Haarlem
• arie veltmeijer (73), emmen, emmen, drenthe, nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Baken (72), Valkenswaard
• Arie Veldmeijer (73), Emmen
• Anna Petronella Van Leeuwen (30), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Polhaar (90), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1942 » Cyrus Chothia, English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology († 2019)
• 1942 » Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman
• 1942 » Paul Krause, American football player and politician
• 1942 » Will Provine, American biologist, historian, and academic († 2015)
• 1943 » Homer Hickam, American author and engineer
• 1943 » Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 » Tim Hunt, English biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate
• 1944 » Les Hinton, English-American journalist and businessman
• 1945 » Yuri Antonov, Uzbek-Russian singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist

• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

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.
• February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
• July 17 » World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
• September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
• 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 18 » World War II: The British submarine HMSTradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.

The temperature on February 19, 1944 was between -2.7 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.