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• Margaretha Josina Elisabeth van Warmerdam, Amsterdam († 1995)
• Gabriël Vandhuynslager († 2016)
• Alfons Liesse, Herentals B († 2009)
• Dirk Schonewille, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Elim) († 1945)
• Jan Dingemans Arend Adriaan Edel van Twisk, Amsterdam († 2017)
• Benjamin Jan ter Kuile, Enschede († 2018)
• Gerardus van Laarhoven-, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1945)
• Elisa ( Lisette) Hendrika Philomena Boonen, Hamont († 2010)
• Derk Schonewille, Elim († 1945)
• Darwin W Gerlach, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1944)

• Anna Zydower (53), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Adam de Moltke-Huilfeld (80)
• "Adam" Gottlob Carl Moltke-Huitfeldt (80), København
• Johanna Smit (70), Venray
• Angelina Ververgaert (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Savelkoul (80), Carver Co, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Gerrit (Aaoi) van Mourik (45), Zoelmond, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Jeurlink (72), Bathmen
• Anna Maria Savelkoul (80), Victoria, Carver County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Bertus van Hoevelaken (52), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1943 » L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet
• 1943 » Robin Holloway, English composer and academic
• 1943 » Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach
• 1944 » George McCrae, American singer
• 1944 » Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1987)
• 1945 » Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 » Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor († 1988)
• 1945 » Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter
• 1945 » John Lithgow, American actor
• 1945 » Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist

• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1952 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
• 1960 » George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)

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.
• April 5 » World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
• April 25 » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• 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 9 » The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
• September 18 » World War II:Battle of Arracourt begins
• October 25 » Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.

The temperature on October 19, 1944 was between 8.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.