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• Gerardus Johannes Vos, Laren († 2012)
• Etje Hendrikje van Lingen, Burum, Noardeast-Fryslan, Friesland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Ans Zonneveld, Bakkum († 2000)
• Byron William Benit, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, V.S († 1944)
• Dawid Johannes (Dawie) David DU TOIT, Riebeeck West, West Coast DC, Western Cape, South Africa († 1997)
• Alexandre Ricardo Castro Marchini, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 2009)
• Christiane Toelen, Overwinden († 2022)
• levenloos geboren kind van Leendert Adrianus van der FEEST, 's-Gravendeel († 1944)
• Daniel Cornelis Plandsoen, Maasbracht († 1944)
• Huub Barnhard, Amsterdam († 2013)

• Albertus Carolus Berntsen (72), Silvolde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalt Koudijs (van de Wetering) (82), Woudenberg
• Adriaan Pit (84), Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Neuwald (59), Rincao Del Rey, RS
• Adrianus Jacobus van Hoeken (71), Oegstgeest
• Adrianus Rekelhof (58), Haarlem
• Albertus Bernardus Suidbertus Schoenaker (25), Rheden
• Adriana Bijl (91), 's-Gravenhage / den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bijl (91), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aalt Koudijs (82), Woudenberg

• 1942 » Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor
• 1943 » Dave Bing, American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit
• 1943 » Margaret E. M. Tolbert, American chemist and academic
• 1943 » Richard Tee, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player († 1993)
• 1943 » Robin Williamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Bev Bevan, English drummer
• 1944 » Candy Darling, American model and actress († 1974)
• 1944 » Dan Glickman, American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture
• 1944 » Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian academic and diplomat, 9th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1945 » Lee Michaels, American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1929 » Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
• 1943 » Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1959 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1892)

• 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 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
• April 13 » Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
• April 25 » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• June 10 » In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
• August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

The temperature on November 24, 1944 was between 8.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.