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• Heleen Geurts, Bingelrade,, Limburg, Nederland († 2007)
• Geraldine Gail Gless, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Kor Post, Pietersbierum († 2016)
• Darrell Lee Buss, Allison, Butler County, Iowa († 2010)
• Herman Horsman, Lisse NL († 1990)
• Marinus Johanna EIJKHOUT, Nijmegen († 1973)
• Geertruda Johanna Heederik, Leiden († 2013)
• Antonius Peter Boersen, de hoeve 'Witte Engel' bij den Burg († 2011)
• Jopie Malefason, Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2003)
• Michael D Scully, Fort Dodge, IA († 2018)

• Abraham van As (81), Sint-Jacobiparochie,, Friesland, Nederland
• Cécile Treuille (28), Le Grand-Pressigny, 37113, France
• Agatha Gerarda van Steenis (75), Zuilen (NL)
• Bertus Meinderts Bonnema (67), Marssum
• Adriana Maria Hartwig (29), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Ast (81), Sint Jacobiparochie
• Abraham van Ast (81), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Gerardina Witmaar (47), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham As, van (81), het Bildt Fr. NL
• Cecilia Neve (95), Vogelwaarde

• 1941 » Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
• 1941 » Mickey Jones, American drummer († 2018)
• 1941 » Shirley Owens, American singer
• 1942 » Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1942 » Chantal Goya, French singer and actress
• 1942 » Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist
• 1942 » Preston Manning, Canadian politician
• 1943 » Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Rick Price, English rock bass player
• 1944 » Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter († 1972)

• 1934 » Frederick Delius, English composer and educator (b. 1862)
• 1936 » John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
• 1939 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
• 1946 » Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1852)
• 1949 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (b. 1876)

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.
• February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
• April 4 » World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
• April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
• 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.
• October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.

The temperature on June 10, 1944 was between 10.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.