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• Adriana Maria Gerda Schoonbeek, Breda († 2003)
• Christiaan Johannes Hebben, Heijthuijsen, Limburg, Nederland († 1944)
• Ida Anneke Elsinga, Enschede († 2011)
• Ida Anneke Elsinga, Enschede († 2011)
• Franciscus Antonius Hulsebosch, Noordwijkerhout († 1944)
• Cornelia Postmus, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Anneke Lycklama à Nijeholt, Lollum, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Jan Mulder, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Roovers, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Johanna Petronella Wilhelmina (Ank) Slaman († 2022)

• Antje Douma (95), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Dorothea de Veth (72), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Maassen (62), Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Harm van Tiddens (49), Noordbroek, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aloysius van den Nouweland (50), Turnhout (België)
• Jelmer Beukema (36), Groningen
• Jungbeker (73), Tiel
• Albert Koster (76), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes Happel (82), Gouda
• Anna Magdalena Keete (69), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Piers Paul Read, English historian and author
• 1942 » Michael Eisner, American businessman
• 1942 » Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host († 2007)
• 1943 » Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1944 » Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer
• 1944 » Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1997)
• 1945 » Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician († 2006)
• 1945 » Bob Herbert, American journalist
• 1945 » Elizabeth Moon, American lieutenant and author
• 1946 » John Heard, American actor and producer († 2017)

• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)
• 1949 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1887)

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.
• February 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
• August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
• August 23 » World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
• October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.

The temperature on March 7, 1944 was between -2.6 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.