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• Geertruida van Hoegee, Zuilen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1944)
• Julia Kay Dunn, Lansing, Eaton, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Johannes Antonius Gerardus Maria van Eijden, Bussum († 2007)
• Albert Herman Oudekerk († 1948)
• Frank Edwin McGRAW, Martinex, Contra Costa County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Antonius Arnoldus Maria van Rooij, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Werfhorst van de, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Johann Bitz, Mainz († 1999)
• Harm Kost, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1985)
• Claire Derwa, Sint-Truiden, België († 2023)

• Annabet HARDLOOPER (33), Landsmeer
• Annie Grace Shepard (75), Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
• Arie Baas (67), ,, Ridderkerk, Nederland
• "Clemens" Franz Erwein Wilhelm Arthur Bonifacius von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (39), Sofia, Bulgarie
• Arie Doorn (20), Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Alice Louise Grover (54), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Antonius Cornelis Tax (41), Vlissingen
• Antonius Hubertus Ummels (50), Belfeld, Nederland
• Arie van den Broek (64), Zeist
• Charles François Edouard Charles Gruwet (67), Beernem

• 1943 » Colin Dann, English author
• 1943 » Jean-Claude Killy, French skier
• 1943 » Nigel Hall, English sculptor and academic
• 1943 » Robert Crumb, American illustrator
• 1943 » Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1944 » Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist, and academic
• 1944 » Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian
• 1944 » Molly Ivins, American journalist and author († 2007)
• 1944 » Tug McGraw, American baseball player († 2004)

• 1938 » Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)
• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)
• 1943 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)
• 1947 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)

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.
• February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
• March 3 » The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
• August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
• October 2 » World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
• November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

The temperature on August 30, 1944 was between 12.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.