About the day » Friday August 11, 1944Calender converter

• James Joseph ROMANCHEK, Hazelton, PA († 1997)
• Gerrit Huizer, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Trijntje Wijbes Okkema, Jellum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Neeltje Krijna van den Oever, Katwijk († 1997)
• Lammert van der Pol, Buren († 2017)
• Garry Gene Belyeu, Alabama († 2003)
• Jan Witpaard, Heerde († 2012)
• Johanna Adriana Cornelia (Joke) Slegers, Grave († 1995)
• Cornelis Auwerda, Mantinge († 1945)
• Adriana van Raan, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1988)

• Arend Lammert Atzema (80), Nijkerk
• Antje Jentjes Dam (78), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham van den Bos (26), Vught
• Albert van den Berg (82), Tuk (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anna Cornelia Kerstens (58), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha Augusta Isidore Martha, Freifrau von Hohenthal (83), Potsdam
• Barbara Ann Griggs Braddock (82), Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Hoeks (60), Vught, Brabant (North), Netherlands
• Albert van den Berg (83), Tuk, Steenwijkerwold
• 2nd Lt Stanley David Scott Jr (27), Bari, Bari, Puglia, Italy

• 1941 » John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter
• 1942 » Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player
• 1943 » Denis Payton, English saxophonist († 2006)
• 1943 » Jim Kale, Canadian bass player
• 1943 » Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan
• 1944 » Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
• 1944 » Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
• 1944 » Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician
• 1946 » John Conlee, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author

• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)

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.
• June 25 » World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
• August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• September 3 » Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
• September 18 » World War II:Battle of Arracourt begins
• October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
• November 12 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.

The temperature on August 11, 1944 was between 16.5 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.