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• Sonja Elisabeth Dubbeling, Doorn († 1994)
• Willem Jacob Grootenboer († 1966)
• IJbeltje Pool, Grijpskerk, Nederland († 1990)
• Tini Schoen, Wormerveer, Noord Holand, Nederland († 2000)
• Alida Maria Josepha Zeestraten, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Heinrich van Schepen
• Johannes Christoffel Joseph Sarbach, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Jos Veenhof († 1961)
• Heintje Bannink, Harfsen gem. Gorssel
• Karen Minnick Taylor († 1945)

• Adrianus Cornelis Venmans (86), Tilburg
• Aleida Johanna KLEIN HESSELINK (58), Zelhem, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Anna Maria Kunnen (54), Castricum
• Anna Petronella Groot (84), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Antonius Maria Beekmans (16), Helvoirt
• Anna van de Velde (85), Rotterdam
• Aleida Johanna Kleinhesselink (58), Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Jantina Gerrits van Vreeningen (82), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Velder- (95), Vught, Nederland
• Alois Hillen (26), Rusland

• 1942 » Kathleen Collins, African-American filmmaker and playwright († 1988)
• 1943 » Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1944 » Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel († 2012)
• 1944 » Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic
• 1944 » Frank McRae, American football player and actor
• 1945 » Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2009)
• 1945 » Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
• 1945 » Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host
• 1945 » Susan Tyrrell, American actress († 2012)
• 1946 » Michel Leclère, French race car driver

• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
• 1965 » Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)

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. Dirk

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 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
• March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
• August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
• September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
• 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 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.

The temperature on March 18, 1944 was between 3.9 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.