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• Jan Hendrik Stegeman, Lochem († 2013)
• Elisabeth Carolina (Els) BEKS, Maastricht (NL/LI) († 2007)
• Arie Dirk Ouwehand, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Edmund Bruce LORD († 2013)
• Bastiaan van Dijk, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Harma Cornelia Jacoba Nieboer, Almelo († 2009)
• Lynne P. Townsend, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Jan van Duijn, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Catharina Maria Winter, Uitgeest († 1944)
• Betsy Verwaters, Terheijden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)

• Antonius Cornelius Meulendijks (18), Horst
• Adriana Maria Luduina Vis (50), Schiedam (Z-H)
• Aäron Baruch (63), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Albertus Buijs (51), Zeist, Nederland
• Anna Josina Groot (17), Horst
• Albertus Buijs (51), Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Allard Kwast (42), Westerbork
• Anthonie Martina Roest (19), Salzgitter-Hallendorf (D)
• Andrew Hunkler (62)
• Jobse (0), Middelburg

• 1941 » Michael Mansfield, English lawyer, academic, and republican
• 1942 » Melvin Franklin, American soul bass singer († 1995)
• 1943 » Kostas Tsakonas, Greek actor († 2015)
• 1944 » Angela Rippon, English journalist and author
• 1945 » Aurore Clément, French actress
• 1946 » Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer († 2008)
• 1946 » Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer
• 1946 » Drew Edmondson, American politician
• 1947 » Chris Wallace, American journalist
• 1948 » John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan

• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)

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.
• August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
• August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
• September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
• October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
• November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
• November 26 » World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.

The temperature on October 12, 1944 was between 8.3 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.