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• Hermina Johanna Kamphuis, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Gerrit Haasnoot, Katwijk († 2016)
• Antje Alkina (Annie) (3k) Siepe, Horsten, Musselkanaal, Nederland († 2009)
• Hendrik Cornelis LOS, Voorschoten († 1978)
• Cornelius Eshuis († 2023)
• Julia Hubar, Sint-Truiden, België († 2014)
• Guy Gregoire († 1993)
• Hendrik Cornelis (Henk) Los, Voorschoten († 1978)
• Jozef (Jos) Baerten, Bilzen, België († 2013)
• James Peter Keely, Edenhope Hospital, Victoria († 2004)

• Arie de Man (76), 's-Gravendeel
• Arie de MAN (76), 's-Gravendeel
• Anna Catherine Moenning (64), Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham (bram) van Dijk (92), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antonie Vink (8), Rotterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Sluijters (90), Breda
• abraham van DIJK (92), rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Passon (46), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arie Bot (43), Rotterdam
• Arie Bot (43), Rotterdam

• 1942 » Ruth Glick, American author
• 1943 » Helmut Marko, Austrian race car driver and manager
• 1944 » Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer († 2017)
• 1944 » Herb Pedersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Michael Fish, English meteorologist and journalist
• 1945 » August Wilson, American author and playwright († 2005)
• 1945 » Helen Hodgman, Scottish-Australian author
• 1945 » Jack Deverell, English general
• 1945 » Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager
• 1945 » Terry Willesee, Australian journalist and television host

• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1952 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)

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 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
• June 22 » World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
• September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
• September 9 » World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.

The temperature on April 27, 1944 was between 1.7 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.