About the day » Thursday January 6, 1944Calender converter

• Cornelis Gerardus Jacobus (Cees) Pont, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Jane Eleanor Thompson, Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa († 2008)
• Jozef Adrianus Otto Groot, Vinkeveen († 2010)
• Bertina Geertje ter Meulen, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Jerry Smith († 1990)
• Jozef Adrianus Otto Groot, Vinkeveen, Nederland († 2010)
• Glen Dale May, Verenigde Statn († 2012)
• James D. Raymer, Detroit, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Joannes A.M. Blijlevens, Gilze en Rijen († 1987)
• Doodgeboren kind Smarius, Tilburg († 1944)

• Abraham Sjouwerman (28), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Abraham Polak (39), Auschwitz (PL)
• Adriana Anthonia Rodoe (72), Zierikzee
• Adriana Christina Visser (24), Utrecht
• Anne Marie Brossier De La Rouliere (77), Giez
• Aleida van Driesten (75), Sheldon, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Brossier de La Roullière (77), Giez, Rhône-Alpes
• Adrianus Johannes Zuijderwijk (86), Poeldijk
• Adrianus Johannes Zuiderwijk (88), Monster
• Albert Tuit (51), Oberlahnstein (D.)

• 1940 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1979)
• 1943 » Terry Venables, English footballer and manager
• 1944 » Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
• 1944 » Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1944 » Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 » Barry John, Welsh rugby player
• 1946 » Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2006)
• 1947 » Sandy Denny, English folk-rock singer-songwriter (d 1978)
• 1948 » Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
• 1948 » Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut

• 1934 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
• 1939 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
• 1949 » Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)

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.
• March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
• May 18 » World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
• June 7 » World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
• August 5 » World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
• September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
• November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.

The temperature on January 6, 1944 was between 2.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.