About the day » Monday January 3, 1944Calender converter

• David D. Morrison, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania († 2004)
• Henrick Stawiere († 1998)
• Jacoba Johanna Maria Reijnders, Roosendaal († 1944)
• Robben, Tilburg († 1944)
• Frederika van Dijken, Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands († 2002)
• Gillie Jepma, Franeker († 2013)
• Dirk van der Plas, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Anthonius Christiaan Schlepers, Hardenberg, Nederland († 2019)
• Corrie Venema († 2021)
• Chris Foeken, Breda († 2003)

• Albert Hendriks Rodermond (72), Wanneperveen
• Adolf BODAAN (57), Bandung, Jawa Barat (Djawa Barat), Indonesië
• Abraham Emile van Brücken Fock (86), Aardenhout, N.H
• Aleida Beens (81), Amersfoort
• Abraham Emilius von Brucken Fock (86), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus in den Bosch (75), Zierikzee
• Adrianus Johannes van Wissen (64), Den Haag
• Aleida Wikkerink (71), Dinxperlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kussendrager (55), Terwispel, Nederland
• * Henderika Goudsmid (39), Zaandam

• 1941 » Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player
• 1942 » John Marsden, Australian lawyer and activist († 2006)
• 1942 » John Thaw, English actor and producer, played Inspector Morse († 2002)
• 1943 » Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, author, and actor
• 1944 » Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author
• 1945 » Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer († 2002)
• 1947 » Fran Cotton, English rugby player
• 1947 » Zulema, American singer-songwriter († 2013)

• 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1946 » William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1956 » Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)

• 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.
• April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• April 26 » Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
• June 16 » In a gross miscarriage of justice, George Junius Stinney Jr., age 14, becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century after being convicted in a two-hour trial for the rape and murder of two teenage white girls.
• August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
• August 4 » The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
• December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.

The temperature on January 3, 1944 was between 5.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain during 15.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.