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Birthday March 14, 1944

• The temperature on March 14, 1944 was between 0.9 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.1 °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. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
  • March 3 » The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
  • June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
  • August 15 » World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
  • September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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