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• Harry Peters, Deventer (Overijsel) († 2021)
• Jo Schijvenaars († 2009)
• Levenloos geboren kind Visser, Alkmaar
• Hendrik Hut, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)
• Gerardus Hendrikus (Geert) Wolken, Nieuw-Schoonebeek (NL) († 2001)
• Gerardus Hendrikus Wolken, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 2001)
• Hans Mussche, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Dennis C. Rohrsen, Elgin († 1962)
• David Leroy Nuttbrock, Brainard, Crow Wing County, MN († 1952)
• Kind Peters Sengers, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)

• Allegonda Francisca Hamers (72), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje de Lange (88), Rotterdam
• Abraham Hoogstraal (27), Schwarzheide, Brandenburg, Duitsland
• Anna Jozina Snoep (55), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Pieterman (79), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• ""MARIA"" COLETA CHARLOTTE STRYBOL (72), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anna Maria Lamberdina Jozepha Coletta Rietvelt (3), Nijmegen (Nijmegen), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes Bierens (25), Breda
• Albertus Debast (80), Heerlen
• Carl Friedrich Jührend (67), Freiburg

• 1943 » John Cipollina, American rock guitarist († 1989)
• 1944 » Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1996)
• 1944 » Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut († 1986)
• 1944 » Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1944 » Rocky Johnson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer († 2020)
• 1945 » Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter and musician
• 1945 » Marsha P. Johnson, African American gay liberation activist and drag queen
• 1945 » Molly Duncan, Scottish saxophonist
• 1945 » Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 » Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, and entrepreneur; co-founded WWE

• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)

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.
• January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
• April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
• June 26 » World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
• August 28 » World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
• September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
• 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 24, 1944 was between 17.5 °C and 30.8 °C and averaged 22.2 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.