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• Hermina Dilweg, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Huberdina Maria Henricus Gertrud van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Edward Joseph Fronczek, Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, United States († 1994)
• Marinus Theodorus Magielse, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Berend van den Beld, Heerde († 2012)
• Huberdina Maria Henricus Gertrud van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Femia Hendrika Dibbets, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Hendrika "Rika " Christ († 1995)
• Ineke Ria Schuchard, Hilversum († 1945)
• Maria Amalia Rosalinda van Heusden, Nieuwveen († 2013)

• Andor Buchwald (49), Erholungsheim (Hartheim) Killing Center, Austria
• Aart van Harten (28), Ladelund, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Antonius Cornelius Josephus Rooijakkers (39), Son
• Arend Jan WEIJLAND (56), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrain Benton Carr (31), Germany
• Anna van ZWEDEN (45), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Gog (49), Gouda
• Antonius Johannes Maria Vandenboorn (2), Maastricht
• * Johanna Huberta Koks (42), Vlijmen
• Adrianus Roijendijk (40), Mill en St. Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1941 » Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist
• 1942 » Joanna Pettet, English-Canadian actress
• 1942 » Willie Carson, Scottish jockey and sportscaster
• 1944 » Oliver Braddick, English psychologist and academic
• 1945 » Lynn Hunt, American historian, author, and academic
• 1945 » Teenie Hodges, American guitarist and songwriter († 2014)
• 1946 » Barbara Smith, African American writer
• 1946 » Beverly Smith, African American writer
• 1946 » Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter
• 1946 » Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach († 2018)

• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (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 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
• September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
• September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
• October 8 » World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
• November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
• December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.

The temperature on November 16, 1944 was between 0.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.