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• Diederikus Johannes Baalbergen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Henk Jonker, Emst († 1993)
• Henricus Johannes VISSERS, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• DIderikus Johanns Baalbergen, Katwijk († 1946)
• Jan Roelof Middel, Makkinga-Gem. Ooststellingwerf († 2005)
• Eddie Todd, Victoria City, Victoria County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Goverdina Albertha Donker, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Johannes M. RUNDERKAMP, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Albert van Wijk, Haarlemmermeer († 2015)
• Jan Geutjes, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2008)

• Alphonsius Franciscus van de Walle (47), Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland
• Aldert Udo Abbas (77), Blijham, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonetta Benedicta van der Most (20), Rosmalen
• Alma Maria VAN de VOORDE (60), Clinge,,Zeeland,PAYS BAS
• Allie Geert Hulshof (21), Hamburg, Duitsland
• Andries Sjirks Joustra (24), Vught
• Albert Francis SCHLOETZER (24), Larned State Hospital, Larned KS
• Adriaan Bikker (37)
• Anna Gerwe (60), Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Allie Geert Hulshof (21), Hamburg (D)

• 1940 » Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
• 1940 » Gil Whitney, American journalist († 1982)
• 1943 » Carl Wayne, English singer and actor († 2004)
• 1943 » Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
• 1943 » Martin Mull, American actor and comedian
• 1944 » Paula Danziger, American author († 2004)
• 1944 » Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor and illustrator
• 1945 » Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and author († 1994)
• 1945 » Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1945 » Värner Lootsmann, Estonian lawyer and politician

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

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. Peter

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.
• January 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
• February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
• March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
• March 10 » Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• November 12 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.

The temperature on August 18, 1944 was between 14.6 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.