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• Breintje Slotboom († 2015)
• Hedwig Carolina Jozef Maria Karel Broes, Lier, België († 2021)
• ELIN MARIE WIKEN, OSLO († 1995)
• Albertje (Zusse) Lunenborg, Hoogeveen, Nederland († 2010)
• Joseph Stadens, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2023)
• Adriana Christina Maria van Rooij, Roosendaal,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1993)
• Grietje Sjoerts († 2016)
• Hennie Krijnen, Horssen († 1997)
• Agnes Maria van de Westelaken, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2009)
• Dennis Dale Hancock, Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina († 1953)

• Albelina Norder (38), Nieuwe-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gregori (82), St Louis, St Louis County, Missouri
• Alphonsus Hendricus Aloysius van Lint (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Willemina Maas (61), Rotterdam
• Abraham Hendrik Garnaat (81), Delft
• Alphonsius Franciscus Viaene (55), Villemandeur (FR45)
• Antonia Hendrika van Rosengarten (5), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ammer Lafayette Johnson (70), Crowell, Foard County, Texas
• 'Mariette' Emma Marie Louise STEINBACH (60), Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique
• Adriana van der Putte (57), Sliedrecht, Nederland

• 1942 » Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician († 1994)
• 1942 » Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar and activist († 1980)
• 1943 » Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker († 2012)
• 1943 » Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish singer, author and director († 2001)
• 1944 » B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player († 2006)
• 1944 » Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist
• 1944 » Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
• 1945 » Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director

• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)

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.
• June 15 » In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
• June 26 » World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
• August 7 » IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
• August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
• August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
• September 18 » World War II:Battle of Arracourt begins

The temperature on March 23, 1944 was between -2.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.