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• Annetje Cornelia van der Horst, Utrecht († 2010)
• Baukje SINNEMA, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 2006)
• Hendricus Petrus Cornelis Maria van den Udenhout, Dongen
• Anny SEGERS, Aalst,9300,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2011)
• James Brownlow Zion, Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Henny Willy de Ruiter († 1944)
• Ilona Rosita Irma WOERDEKOM, van, Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Bouwman, Lellens, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Jacob (Jaap) Schellingerhout, Leiden, Nederland († 2001)
• Jozef ROOIJAKKERS, St.Willebrord († 1963)

• Albertus Coenraad Cools (58), Ansouis VAUCL
• Arie Koudstaal (83), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Laurenssen (52), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus Gielens (45), Nijmegen (GL)
• Anna Maria van Poppel (56), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Anna Henrica van Heuven, Deurne en Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Reichard (72), Mijnsheerenland
• AART ZANEN (77), 'S-HEERAARTSBERG EN BERGAMBACHT
• Antonius (Antoon) Schouten (36), Haarlem
• Alberdina Akkerman, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1943 » Bobby Mitchell, American golfer († 2018)
• 1943 » Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1944 » Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
• 1944 » Florian Fricke, German keyboard player and composer († 2001)
• 1944 » Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2014)
• 1945 » Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
• 1946 » Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author
• 1947 » Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician, Speaker of the Danish Parliament

• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)

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.
• March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
• October 21 » World War II: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
• October 29 » The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
• November 19 » World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.
• November 26 » World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
• December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

The temperature on February 23, 1944 was between -4.7 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.