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• Carol Sue Wick, Granby, Newton Cnty, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Anna Gesina (Grummel) Wubbels, Zwartemeer, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna Gesina Wubbels, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)
• Fennechien Lugina Bos, Gasselternijveen, Gasselte († 2024)
• Gijsbert van de Bunt († 2006)
• Jan Karel Berends († 1984)
• Darrel PORTER, Fulton County Georgia U.S.A († 2002)
• Eddie Agelink, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Antonius Paulus Maria Koster, Zeddam, Gemeente Monferland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adriana Ella de Niet, Haarlem († 1944)

• Adrianus den Otter (49), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Brasser (49), Westkapelle
• Adriana van Velzen (90), Rotterdam,-
• Ann Elizabeth Eugenia Tann ** (70), Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
• Andries Toutenhoofd (3), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Adriana Heijt (71), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Adriaan Cijsouw (70), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Abraham Harschel (58), Auschwitz
• Aarnoud Toutenhoofd (73), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Albert Schuilenborg (51), Diepenheim

• 1941 » Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1941 » Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 » Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
• 1943 » Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
• 1944 » Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
• 1944 » Roy Horn, German-American magician and actor
• 1945 » Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1945 » Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
• 1945 » Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1946 » P. P. Arnold, American soul singer

• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)

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.
• March 30 » Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
• April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
• September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
• September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
• September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

The temperature on October 3, 1944 was between 4.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.