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• Alida (aal) Tol, Volendam († 2019)
• Hendrikus Frederikus Sudmeijer, Utrecht († 1945)
• Harmtje Petersen, Harderwijk († 1945)
• Bernhard Beij, Leiden († 1945)
• Gilles van der Steen, Schiedam († 2009)
• David John Worthen, Withington, United Kingdom († 2004)
• Harrie Wilhelmus (Harrie) Bindels, Beugen en Rijckevoort († 1944)
• Henk NIJSTAD, Echten, gemeente Ruinen († 2005)
• Frans Fitters, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Arie de Bruijn († 1950)

• Antonia Hendrika Hoogendoorn (78), Amsterdam
• "Clémentine" Pauline Maria Pycke de Peteghem (87), Marchin, Belgique
• Antonius Eduardus Schuuring (66), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria de Jager (68), Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Aart Benschop (11), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anneke van Rijswijk (55), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnoldus Petrus Leijser (0), Nes
• Augustinus Henri George Ungerer (54), Bandung, Nederlands-Indië
• Adolf Lewy (47), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Anthonie Jacobus Faber (92), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » John Crowley, American author and academic
• 1942 » Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian politician, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1942 » Ross Edwards, Australian cricketer
• 1943 » Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist
• 1944 » Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter
• 1944 » Michael Hagee, American general
• 1944 » Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan author and poet
• 1945 » Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
• 1946 » Jonathan Katz, American comedian and actor

• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)

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 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
• April 10 » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
• April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
• July 9 » World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government.
• September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

The temperature on December 1, 1944 was between 5.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.