About the day » Monday February 28, 1944Calender converter

• Johannes Jonker, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Barthlomeus Jager, (GR) Meeden († 2013)
• Jan Mooijweer († 1963)
• Frans SEGERS, Hulst,,Zeeland,PAYS BAS († 1999)
• Bartholomeus JAGER, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Billy B. Bowen († 2011)
• Johanna Lambertha J. Hoogenkamp († 2005)
• Judith Ann Jones, Weiser, Washington, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Hulshof, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Elisabet Oost, Urk († 2024)

• Anton Brummelenbos (72), Avereest
• Abraham Mozes Reiss (22), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Antonius Lambertus Schreurs (23), Roermond
• Adriana Greuter (46), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Belle Famulener (79), Los Angeles, California
• Anne Koning (45), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje Roodzant (91), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• adriana GIELLIS (67), oss
• Antje Fontijn (72), schoonhoven
• Antoon Weijs (72), Wanssum

• 1943 » Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter († 1998)
• 1943 » Donnie Iris, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Hans Dijkstal, Egyptian-Dutch educator and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2010)
• 1944 » Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author († 2014)
• 1944 » Kelly Bishop, American actress and dancer
• 1944 » Sepp Maier, German footballer and manager
• 1944 » Storm Thorgerson, English graphic designer († 2013)
• 1945 » Bubba Smith, American football player and actor († 2011)
• 1945 » Linda Preiss Rothschild, American mathematician and academic
• 1945 » Mimsy Farmer, American-French actress and sculptor

• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Adrianus
15. Dirk
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
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.
• February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
• March 19 » World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
• June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
• 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.
• August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
• September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.

The temperature on February 28, 1944 was between -2.8 and 2.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.