About the day » Tuesday April 11, 1944Calender converter

• Leonardus Johannes Tulen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• "Hélène" Marie Suzanne de Pluvié, Saint-Igeaux, Côte-d'Armor, France († 2019)
• John Patrick Harrington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia († 2002)
• Elisabeth Maria Heesbeen, SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Anja Oltmans, Rijswijk († 2003)
• Frits Rootlieb, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 2013)
• Allen Henry Vis, Hull Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Aaltje (Alie) Bredeweg, Nunspeet (Ermelo) († 2020)
• Jan Kroese († 2014)
• Dicky Maurits, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)

• Adrianus Janssen (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Smits (74), Venray
• Anna Francina Jonkers (83), Delft
• Adelheid Eisendrath (63), Auschwitz (Pl)
• Adriana Hutteman (92), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Geertruida Wierink (48), Losser
• Adriaantje Hendrika Schouwenaar (71), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Rood (68), Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Margina Veendorp (85), Gieten
• Anna Maria Van Bourgonie (79), Turnhout, België

• 1942 » Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 2014)
• 1942 » Hattie Gossett, American writer
• 1942 » James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
• 1943 » Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer († 2019)
• 1943 » John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician
• 1944 » John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Peter Barfuß, German footballer
• 1945 » John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic
• 1946 » Bob Harris, English journalist and radio host
• 1946 » Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic († 2015)

• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)

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.
• February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
• July 17 » World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
• August 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
• August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• November 26 » World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.

The temperature on April 11, 1944 was between 2.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.