About the day » Wednesday November 22, 1944Calender converter

• Cornelis Hendrik van der Ploeg, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Levenloos van der Pol, Sint-Michielsgestel
• NN Keijser, Texel († 1944)
• Leonardus Jacobus Maria VERBEEK, Monster († 2002)
• Frans Moonen, Neerpelt, Limburg, België († 2004)
• Pieter Eelke Zondervan, Deventer
• Maria Josephina van der Goor, Roermond († 1944)
• Gerritdina Maria Hermina Kemerink († 2015)
• Patricia Ann Fleming, Verenigde Statn († 2007)
• Adriaan Kees, Oudeschild († 1944)

• Andries (Andrew) Binderts Wiersma (80), Chicago (Cook), Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alberto Rodrigues (59), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Abraham Maan (66), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Anna S Van Allen (72), USA
• Adrianus Oorschot van (75), Vught, NB, Nederland
• Alphonsus Herman SPIJKERS (24), Alt-Munster-Rol/Monte Chateau
• Aloisius Bernardus Weninck (69), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Van Sligtenhorst (40), Veerssen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• "Ymkje Pieters" Vriesinga (79), Bergum
• Aloysius Bernardus Weenink (69), Zwolle

• 1942 » Floyd Sneed, Canadian drummer
• 1942 » Guion Bluford, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1943 » Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1943 » Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer
• 1943 » Ricky May, New Zealand-Australian jazz singer († 1988)
• 1943 » Roger L. Simon, American author and screenwriter
• 1943 » William Kotzwinkle, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1943 » Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 » Elaine Weyuker, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
• 1945 » Kari Tapio, Finnish singer († 2010)

• 1926 » Darvish Khan, Iranian tar player (b. 1872)
• 1932 » William Walker Atkinson, American merchant, lawyer, and author (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1943 » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895)
• 1944 » Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)
• 1946 » Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (b. 1889)
• 1948 » Fakhri Pasha, Turkish general and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Jess McMahon, American wrestling promoter, co-founded Capitol Wrestling Corporation (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)

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.
• January 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
• May 1 » World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi.
• June 7 » World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
• June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
• October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
• December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

The temperature on November 22, 1944 was between 2.9 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.