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• Henderika Voorstok († 1998)
• Johannes Jacobus Bustraan, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Christina Huisman, Gouda, Nederland († 1972)
• Anna Maria Savenije, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Elze Tine Maria Pasman, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Jelle van der Bijl, Grouw († 2021)
• Kind Petrus de Beijer, Bladel en Netersel
• Janet Morris, England († 2021)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Visser, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Cornelis Johannes Kortekaas, Breezand († 2020)

• Anna van Pelt (72), Ridderkerk
• Albertus Zwart (44), Dartford Borough, Kent, Engeland
• Angeneta Riphagen (42), Epe-Oene, Gelderland, Nederland
• Afina Jacobina Kuipers (66), Groningen
• Albertus Maria de Boer (83), Vollenhove, OV, Nederland
• Albert Christopher Stephen APLIN (66), Te Aroha, South Auckland, New Zealand
• Pirovano, Alkmaar
• Anna Maria Hubertina Peeters (76), Maaseik, België
• Angeneta Riphagen 9 (42), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus van Spronsen (33), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction († 1977)
• 1941 » Don Rich, American country musician († 1974)
• 1941 » Jim Brothers, American sculptor († 2013)
• 1942 » Pete York, English rock drummer
• 1943 » Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• 1944 » Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
• 1945 » Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• 1946 » Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1947 » Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress
• 1948 » Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

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.
• March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
• June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
• July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
• September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
• October 11 » The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
• October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The temperature on August 15, 1944 was between 7.6 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.