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• Anna Elisabeth J.H. Boschman, Nijmegen († 1944)
• Steenhuis, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Geertje Adriana van Ast, Maassluis († 1975)
• Anna Louise Everdina Verkade, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Raaf, rotterdam († 2006)
• Geneva L. Lack, Steele, Pemiscot Co., Missouri, United States († 1995)
• Josepha Alphonsina Joanna Maria Hufkens‏, Geel, België († 1949)
• Elisabeth Marianne Krul, Rijswijk († 1944)
• Jan Braam († 2011)
• Riet Canjels, Blerick († 1996)

• Alida Anna van Dijk (24), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Jozefina Pekel (69), Limmen
• Carl Harding Neighbors (23), Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Adriana Pouwelse (52), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Barendina Cornelia Antonia Matla (81), Steenwijkerwold
• Aalbert de Jong (59), Geldermalsen
• Ann Dora Elizabeth Gregg (69), Morton Cochran co tx
• Anna Slusarz (47), Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus René Bokslag (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Maria (Lieneke) Hufner (2), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1942 » Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
• 1942 » Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
• 1943 » Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer († 1967)
• 1943 » Kent Haruf, American novelist († 2014)
• 1943 » Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Terry Semel, American businessman
• 1944 » Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia († 2007)
• 1944 » Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player († 1994)
• 1945 » Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer

• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)

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 6 » World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
• June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• 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 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
• October 20 » World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.

The temperature on February 24, 1944 was between -6.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.