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• Jan Rijkeboer, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• N.N. Oudijn, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• N.N. Brouwers, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1944)
• Jan Hofstee, Tijnje († 1947)
• N.N. Roseboom, Ede, Gelderland, NL
• naamloos van der Muuren, Oud-Gastel († 1944)
• Johannus Pekel, Heemskerk († 1944)
• Ernest Victor VAN GIJTENBEEK, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Johanna Eva Catharina Wiebering († 2020)
• Margaretha Maria Johannes Pekel, Heemskerk († 1944)

• Adrien de Noailles (19), Rupt-sur-Moselle, 88408, France
• Arie Vervloet (24), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Hubertina Görtzen (31), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Eggerdink (87), Bandoeng, Java, Indonesië
• Andreas JACOBS (80), Rillaar Vlaams Brabant *
• augusta HARMEGNIES (55), Dour (Belgium)
• Alberta Koopmans (41), Heerenveen
• Alma Beil (64), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Adrien Maurice Edmond Marie Camille de Noailles (19), Rupt-sur-Moselle
• Adriana Clasina Olsthoorn (63), Den Haag

• 1941 » Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
• 1942 » Michael Palmer, American physician and author († 2013)
• 1943 » Douglas Kirby, American psychologist and author († 2012)
• 1943 » Jimmy Montgomery, English footballer and coach
• 1943 » Mike Peters, American cartoonist
• 1944 » John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer († 2002)
• 1944 » Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1944 » Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
• 1945 » Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player
• 1945 » Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter († 1996)

• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1888)
• 1950 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
• 1953 » James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)

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.
• June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
• July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
• August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
• August 5 » World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
• October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
• October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.

The temperature on October 9, 1944 was between 9.5 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.