About the day » Thursday November 2, 1944Calender converter

• L. Vinkenborg († 2012)
• Dirk Meersma († 2002)
• van den Eshof, Amersfoort († 1944)
• N.N. van den Eshof, Amersfoort
• Johannes Kok, Harderwijk († 2000)
• Joan VROOME, Washington DC (USA) († 1981)
• Frans NN, Danmark, Uppsala, Sweden
• Renate Heidemarie Reil, Olomouc,Okres Olomouc,Olomoucký,Tsjechië († 1981)
• Frances Mary Kilmartin, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland († 2020)
• Jan van Drie, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland

• Aaltje Eiles Bosga (86), Heerenveen
• Adriaan Jacobus van der Heijden (20), Est en Opijnen
• Adriana Geldof (42), Oostkapelle
• Aaltje de Nood (46), Oostkapelle
• Abraham Geerts (75), Klundert, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Alida de Wit (77), Nieuwer Amstel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Robert Bird (47)
• Aaltje Eiles Bosga (86), Mildam, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adam Otto (10), Fijnaart en Heijnigen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Abraham (Bram) GEERTS (75), Klundert (NL)

• 1941 » Brian Poole, English pop-rock singer
• 1942 » Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator
• 1942 » Stefanie Powers, American actress
• 1944 » Keith Emerson, English pianist, keyboard player, and composer († 2016)
• 1944 » Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1945 » Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player († 2013)
• 1945 » J. D. Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1945 » Larry Little, American football player
• 1946 » Alan Jones, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1946 » Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer († 2001)

• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)

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.
• February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
• August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• September 18 » World War II: The British submarine HMSTradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
• October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
• October 29 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
• November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.

The temperature on November 2, 1944 was between 0.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.