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• Franciscus Johannes Josephus Holterman, Rotterdam († 1992)
• Anthonie van Koot († 2002)
• Henk Cornelis Paternotte, amsterdam, Nederland († 1986)
• Eric Antonius van Staveren, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1977)
• Klara Clasina Ligtendag, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1989)
• Henderikus Vos, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1949)
• Roger Johnson, Yellow Mi)edicine County Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Louiza Antonia Klasina Warmenhoven, Velsen († 2005)
• Elly Botting, Middelburg († 2022)
• Antonius A.J.M. Thuis, Wisch

• Aaltje van de Ridder (36), Apeldoorn
• Anna Margaretha Wattenberg (82), SALT LAKE CITY (Salt Lake), Utah, Verenigde Staten
• (66), Heiloo
• Adriana Petronella Marianna Druyvesteyn (78), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Andrew Jackson Simpson (68), Brooks, Georgia
• Amandus Wolfsbergen (41), Auschwitz
• Allen Gallup (77), Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Geertruida Wilhelmina Peeters (75), Wanssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Marianne Druijvesteijn (78), Haarlem
• Anna Huberta Josephina Diemel (29), Semarang, kamp Lampersari-Sompok

• 1940 » Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host († 2010)
• 1941 » David Porter, American songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1941 » Juliet Mills, English-American actress
• 1942 » Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician
• 1943 » Jacques Laffite, French race car driver and sportscaster
• 1943 » Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee
• 1944 » Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Earl Monroe, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1944 » Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer

• 1938 » Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)
• 1942 » J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (b. 1889)
• 1947 » William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)

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.
• March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
• June 10 » In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
• September 13 » World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
• September 17 » World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
• October 26 » World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
• October 29 » The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.

The temperature on November 21, 1944 was between 1.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.