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• Evert de Wit, Makkum († 2015)
• Dirk Lourenssen, Hooge Zwaluwe,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Elisabeth Anna Erensperger, Eck en Wiel (Buren) (GL) († 2021)
• Gezina Theresia Johanna Maria Thien, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Dirkje Maria Cornelia Boekestijn, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2000)
• Heinrich Bernhard Klaßen, Aschendorf († 2020)
• Fennechien Lugina Bos, Gasselternijveen, Gasselte († 2024)
• Christiaan Johannes Sijmons, Laren († 1950)
• Antonius Paulus Maria Koster, Zeddam, Gemeente Monferland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• James Francis Murphy († 2004)

• Aarnout Huibregtse (19), Westkapelle
• Adriana Maria Raaijmakers (72), Delft
• Adrianus Hessels (47), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André Fabri (41), Seny, 61081, Belgique
• Adriana van Velzen (90), Rotterdam,-
• Alexander Graaf Apponyi van Nagy-Appony (25), Rusland
• Albert Schuilenborg (51), Diepenheim
• Adriana Brasser (49), Westkapelle
• Adrianus Hessels (47), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Brasser (49), Westkapelle

• 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)

• 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.
• February 14 » World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
• March 18 » Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
• June 4 » World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
• October 27 » World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.

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.