About the day » Tuesday March 14, 1944Calender converter

• Berta Woestenberg, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Conny van Kuijk, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Grietje Kist, Steenwijk († 2021)
• Dirk (= Dick ) Kers, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1993)
• Alberta Trijntje Scholma, Ruinen († 2017)
• Andja Vrbica, Banja Vrucica († 2012)
• Maaike Bikker, Meerkerk († 2023)
• Cornelis Laurentius Johannes Maria Baaten, Bergen op Zoom († 1944)
• Constantinus Albertus Josephus Maria KORTMANN, Groesbeek, 1406, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Hilda, Ludovica, Francisca van Tichelen, Kalmthout († 1945)

• Albert Bernard Wilmink (70), Zwolle
• Albertus Cornelis Hauer (54), Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus de Goede (55), Krikilan
• Anna Florentina Josepha Huberta Maria Smits (75), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hartsuiker (57), Zwolle
• Adriana Wilhelmina Lagendijk (50), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Boot (82), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Spiljart (43), Goirle
• Aaltje Hartzuiker (57), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Kulk (77), Leiden

• 1942 » Rita Tushingham, English actress
• 1943 » Anita Morris, American actress and singer († 1994)
• 1944 » Bobby Smith, English footballer and manager
• 1944 » Boris Brott, Canadian composer and conductor
• 1944 » Tom Stannage, Australian historian and academic († 2012)
• 1944 » Václav Nedomanský, Czech ice hockey player and manager
• 1945 » Jasper Carrott, English comedian, actor, and game show host
• 1945 » Michael Martin Murphey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Walter Parazaider, American saxophonist
• 1946 » William Lerach, American securities and class action attorney

• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
• 1965 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1976 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (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 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
• April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
• August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
• August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
• October 8 » World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.

The temperature on March 14, 1944 was between 0.7 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.