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• NN Bakker, Texel († 1944)
• Doodgeboren dochter van der Weide, Rotterdam († 1944)
• Josephus Petrus (Jef) Vaes, Ubach over Worms
• NN Biewenga, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Paul Jozef Cornelius Declerck, Oostkerke (Diksmuide) West-Vlaanderen, België († 1975)
• Jeannine Faelens, De Pinte, België († 1985)
• Gerrit Oskamp, Utrecht († 1963)
• Levenloos geboren kind Biewenga, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Johanna Faas, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• N.N. Snellebrand, Vierlingsbeek († 1944)

• Bernard Hollen (20), Mirkow Horowitch Polen
• Adrianus Jacobus Gabriëls (72)
• Bertha van Leer (28), Auschwitz
• Adriana Cornelia van Hal (61), Loon op Zand
• Antonia Adriana DE KLERK (68), Roosendaal &, Nispen,Gemeente Roosendaal,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anthonie Johannes Bouwens (82), Middelburg
• Arthur Désiré Lambrix (43), Zepperen, België
• Bernard Hollen (20), Baranie, Polen
• Antonie Johannes Bouwens (82), Middelburg
• Antonia Onstenk (53), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1942 » Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist († 2005)
• 1943 » Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
• 1944 » Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter
• 1945 » David Arthur Granger, Guyanese politician, 9th President of Guyana
• 1945 » Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 2003)
• 1945 » Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor († 2019)
• 1945 » Peter Lewis (musician), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
• 1946 » Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1947 » Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter († 2013)

• 1933 » Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b.1918)
• 1942 » Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
• 1944 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Razor Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893)
• 1948 » John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (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.
• April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• June 17 » Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
• July 6 » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
• July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
• September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
• October 11 » The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.

The temperature on July 15, 1944 was between 12.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.