About the day » Wednesday August 9, 1944Calender converter

• Achterhof, Sandborn, O'Brien, Iowa, VS († 1944)
• Augustinus, Bernardus, petrus Janssens, Rucphen († 2003)
• Johannes Jacobus Bierbooms, Moerstraten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• David Hilzendager, Pierce County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Daniël Vlassenroot, Melle († 1964)
• Joseph Raymond Robillard, Watervliet, Albany, New York († 2003)
• Frida Stapelberg, Den Ham († 2019)
• Anthonia Kerpershoek, Katwijk († 2019)
• Johannes Wever († 2006)
• Albert Rijkeboer, Amsterdam († 1945)

• Abraham Johan Ruyl, Vught
• Alphonsius Bernardus van de Vijver (83), Zuiddorpe
• Abraham Cornelis Snoek (32), Deventer
• Abraham Johannes Snoek (32), Deventer, Nederland
• Adriaan Leewis (31), Voorschoten (Z-H)
• Adriana Maria van de Wetering (79), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus Franciscus de Jong (61), OOsterhoek (Steenwijkerwold)
• Antonie Hendrikus Antonie Mathijsen (72), Utrecht
• Achterhof (0), Sandborn, O'Brien, Iowa, VS
• Alphonse Vilrokx (58), Valkenswaard

• 1943 » Ken Norton, American boxer and actor († 2013)
• 1944 » George Armstrong, English footballer († 2000)
• 1944 » John Simpson, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Patricia McKissack, American soldier, engineer, and author
• 1944 » Patrick Depailler, French racing driver († 1980)
• 1944 » Sam Elliott, American actor and producer
• 1945 » Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1945 » Barbara Delinsky, American author
• 1945 » Posy Simmonds, English author and illustrator
• 1945 » Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player († 2004)

• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

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.
• June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
• August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
• October 26 » World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
• October 29 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
• November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.

The temperature on August 9, 1944 was between 11.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.