About the day » Wednesday August 9, 1944Calender converter

• David Hilzendager, Pierce County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Johannes Cornelis Jacobus NAGELMAEKER, De Noordoostelijke Polder (Frld) († 2021)
• Johannes Oosterwijk, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 2022)
• Joseph Raymond Robillard, Watervliet, Albany, New York († 2003)
• Augustinus, Bernardus, petrus Janssens, Rucphen († 2003)
• Anton Bogers, Roosendaal († 2018)
• Nn Hulst, Staphorst († 1944)
• Hillechien Dusseljee, Scheemda († 2007)
• Douwina Alarda van Heerde, Emmen († 2019)
• Kees Jansen († 2016)

• Abraham Cornelis Snoek (32), Deventer
• Aaltje van Koetsveld (79), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Kors (53), Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Breebaart (70), Grootebroek
• Alphonse Vilrokx (58), Valkenswaard
• Annie McElroy (58), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Abel Johan Frederik Walker (63), Farmsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Achterhof (0), Sandborn, O'Brien, Iowa, VS
• Abraham Johan Ruyl, Vught
• Abraham van Kuil (21), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1943 » Ken Norton, American boxer and actor († 2013)
• 1944 » George Armstrong, English footballer († 2000)
• 1944 » John Simpson, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Patricia McKissack, American soldier, engineer, and author
• 1944 » Patrick Depailler, French racing driver († 1980)
• 1944 » Sam Elliott, American actor and producer
• 1945 » Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1945 » Barbara Delinsky, American author
• 1945 » Posy Simmonds, English author and illustrator
• 1945 » Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player († 2004)

• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

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 23 » The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
• June 12 » World War II: Operation Overlord: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
• August 9 » Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
• August 28 » World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
• October 13 » World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

The temperature on August 9, 1944 was between 11.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.