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• John William Hinsberger, La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Maria Catherina Johanna Ruckert, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Albertje (Zusse) Lunenborg, Hoogeveen, Nederland († 2010)
• Alda Knapen, Nederweert, Nederland († 2019)
• Albertje(Zusse) Lunenborg, Hoogeveen († 2010)
• Hedwig Carolina Jozef Maria Karel Broes, Lier, België († 2021)
• gerrit matthijs KAMSTEEG, strijen († 1996)
• Jan Jacob Stroomer, Zuid-Scharwoude († 1946)
• Henk fokko jacob Drost, Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands († 1976)
• Minke van der Meij, Rijnsburg († 2007)

• Adriana van der Putte (56), Sliedrecht
• Antje Oudkerk (88), Amsterdam
• Antonie van den Bos (69), Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Eustachius Josephus Antonius Verschuuren (71), Tilburg
• Albelina Norder (38), Nieuwe-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Amine Pauline Andersen (80)
• Alle Hendriks de Boer (84), ,, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonia Willemina Maas (61), Rotterdam
• Alle de Boer (84), Lippenhuizen
• Adriana van der Putte (57), Sliedrecht, Nederland

• 1942 » Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician († 1994)
• 1942 » Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar and activist († 1980)
• 1943 » Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker († 2012)
• 1943 » Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish singer, author and director († 2001)
• 1944 » B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player († 2006)
• 1944 » Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist
• 1944 » Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
• 1945 » Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director

• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)

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. Peter

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 » World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
• April 26 » Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
• August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
• November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

The temperature on March 23, 1944 was between -2.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.