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• Cornelis Jan Leeuwis, Barneveld († 2019)
• Baby Hulshof, Emmen († 1944)
• Antonia Maria Peperkamp, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Fenna Annette Veeman, Meeden († 1982)
• Antonia Maria (Tonny) Peperkamp, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2012)
• Evy-Ann Jensen, Fleinvær, Gildeskål, Nordland, Norge († 2007)
• Kees Heerdink († 1944)
• Jacobus Adrianus de Vetten, Vlaardingen († 2008)
• Beverly Ann Wassenaar, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota († 2014)
• Gerard Johan Brands, Den Haag († 1944)

• Anna Cook (60), Vriesland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bernhard Heinrich Brinker (70), Lingen (Emsland)-Baccum
• Wolter Soer (7), Groningen
• Antonius Bruggeman (56), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrie Joke Kooistra (0), Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Finnema (89), Sneek
• Aaltje Oosterman (79), Dordrecht
• Alida Witteman (72), Voorhout
• Anna Magdalena Maria Walsteijn (45), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Gilberte Juliana Maria Walburge Hubertine van Fürstenberg-Stammheim (74), Geilenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen

• 1942 » Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media
• 1942 » John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat
• 1942 » Peter Norman, Australian sprinter († 2006)
• 1943 » Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor († 2017)
• 1943 » Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1944 » Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic
• 1945 » Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
• 1945 » Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician († 2016)
• 1945 » Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
• 1946 » Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
• 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1961 » Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)

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.
• June 12 » World War II: Operation Overlord: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
• June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
• July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
• October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
• October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.

The temperature on June 15, 1944 was between 9.8 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.