About the day » Wednesday May 3, 1944Calender converter

• Geert Spijker, Eindhoven
• Cornelia Elisabeth Adriana Blokland, Geertruidenberg († 2015)
• James Welton Perkins, Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky († 1944)
• Jannie Prins, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)
• Berend Liet, Arnhem († 2017)
• Dorothy Carol NIENHUIS († 1980)
• Hendrikus Meyer, Susteren (NL-Limburg) († 1966)
• George Taylor Stein, Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland († 2016)
• Corrie Luijpen, Appeltern († 1995)
• Greetje Arkes († 2007)

• Anthonius Jacobus Franciscus Knijf (36), 's-Gravenhage
• Schoenmakers (33), Zwolle
• Bartholomeus Leonardus Dijkgraaf (60), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Vente (73), Rotterdam
• Beatrix Taylour (67)
• Arie Vente (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aleida Helena Schnitzler (67), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloisius Prosper Vanlerberghe (79), Poelkapelle,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Susanna Wilhelmina Rinders (75), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albartus Zoetmulder ongehuwd (23), Teupitz, Duitsland

• 1942 » Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho
• 1942 » Dave Marash, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1942 » Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast and coach († 2016)
• 1943 » Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
• 1943 » Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer († 1985)
• 1943 » Yukio Hashi, Japanese singer and actor
• 1944 » Pete Staples, English bass player
• 1944 » Peter Doyle, English bishop
• 1945 » Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1945 » Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper and coach

• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)

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.
• January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
• June 13 » World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
• June 20 » Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
• August 23 » World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
• September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
• October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.

The temperature on May 3, 1944 was between 3.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.