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• Hendrika Ruitenbeek, Putten († 2022)
• Gijsberdina van Leeuwen, Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 2007)
• Adrianus Hubert Blom, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Adriano Cecchi († 2018)
• Henricus Cornelus Maria Calis, Laren († 2008)
• August Simon Pieter Keuker, Amsterdam
• Aart van Eck († 1945)
• Annie Elisabeth Johanna Lodder, 's-Gravenpolder, Zeeland, Nederland († 1944)
• John William Phillipo, Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA) († 2005)
• Egberdina Johanna Elisabeth Graaf, Den Burg-Texel

• Aaltje Ulrich (89), Meppel
• Aaltje Stenekes (53), Den Helder
• Derk Herman Willem Weenink van Loon (74), Bandoeng
• Alexander Jan de la Rambelje (48), Bandung, West-Java, Indonesië
• Anne Elisabeth Adriani (77), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Christiaan Cornelis Werkhoven (67), Amsterdam
• Aartje Fobbe (41), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Wiersema (65), Heemstede
• Alden K Grimm (32), Basse-Normandie, France
• Alexander Dirkx (50), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Dag Solstad, Norwegian author and playwright
• 1941 » Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1942 » Margaret Court, Australian tennis player and minister
• 1943 » Jimmy Johnson, American football player and coach
• 1943 » Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright († 1990)
• 1943 » Vernon Bogdanor, English political scientist and academic
• 1944 » Angharad Rees, English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer († 2012)
• 1946 » Barbara Lee, American politician
• 1946 » Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1946 » Ron Yary, American football player

• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)

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 13 » World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
• June 25 » World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
• August 5 » World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
• October 19 » A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
• October 29 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
• December 16 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.

The temperature on July 16, 1944 was between 11.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.