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• LUCIEN JOANNA VAN STEENACKER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 2016)
• James Edward Rumbough, Asheville Bu, North Carolina († 1986)
• Alfred Johannes VIJSMA († 1978)
• Annemie M.H.L. Hendriks, Heerlen († 1997)
• Nelly Beijer († 2007)
• Hendrika Roeli Vierkant, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• van Rossum, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1944)
• Vos, Oss († 1944)
• Jacob Wilms († 1968)
• Anne Ypenga, Sybrandaburen (Bolsward) († 1973)

• Agnes Smeets (69), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• "Johannes" Jan Jan, Engelen, NL
• Aleida Johanna DRIEVER (32), Ulft, Oude IJsselstreek (NL)
• Amado Morales Sepulveda (82), Arandas, Jalisco, México
• Albertus van Santen (79), De Bilt, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje Booij (71), Hollandseveld (Gem.Hoogeveen)
• Abraham de Haas (38), Auschwitz, Poland
• Aagtje VAN DER WERFF (80), Veendam Groningen Netherlands
• Albertje van der Laan (89), Appingedam
• Albert William Parham (73), Northbank, Alberta, Canada

• 1943 » David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author
• 1943 » Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop († 2014)
• 1943 » Sly Stone, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1943 » The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor
• 1944 » A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1944 » Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner and politician
• 1944 » Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1944 » Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter
• 1945 » Mark J. Green, American lawyer and politician

• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)

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.
• January 27 » World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
• June 17 » Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
• June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• September 5 » Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
• October 26 » World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
• November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

The temperature on March 15, 1944 was between -0.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.