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• Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Tvrdy ****, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Elly (Elisabeth) Post, Rotterdam
• Elsie Camilla BOMBERNA, Heist-Aan-Zee,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1986)
• Cornelis Anthonius Theodorus van Leeuwen, Leiden († 2008)
• An Jansen, Nieuw-Ginneken († 1989)
• André Hilaire Korenhof, Eindhoven
• Colette Christiane Trinette Lenaers, Vliermaal, Kortessem, Limburg, België († 2001)
• Jan Euverman († 2016)
• James Edwin Spangler Jr., North Carolina († 1944)
• Dieter Haardt († 2008)

• Agnes Catharina Ohanna SOMBROEK (0), Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Franciscus Cornelius Roestenberg (29)
• Albert Charles Greentree (79), Ashfield, Sydney, NSW, AU
• Alida Veenendaal, Wageningen
• Anthonia van den Berg (74), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anton Maria Klepper (19), Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
• Anthonia van Oosten (75), Ede, Nederland
• Anthonius Gerardus Maria Vreeburg (32), Brandenburg, Berlijn, Pruissen, Duitsland
• Aleida Maria van der Velden (69), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amélie Henriette Eleonore DIERICKX (61), Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, 21012, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique

• 1940 » Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician († 1999)
• 1940 » Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
• 1941 » Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter († 2011)
• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• 1941 » Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist
• 1947 » J. Richard Gott, American astronomer and academic

• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

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 19 » World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
• June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
• July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
• September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
• 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.
• December 31 » World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

The temperature on February 8, 1944 was between 0.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.