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• Grietje Bruynooghe, Kortrijk († 2022)
• Christina Johanna van Dort, Baarn († 2008)
• Coen Eijkelboom, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• Harm Potze, Nederland († 2013)
• Conrad Charles Nienhuis († 1994)
• Janna Jacoba de Weerd († 2007)
• Hubertina Maria Huynen, Kerkrade († 1944)
• Janna"Jacoba" de Weerd († 2007)
• Conrad Nienhuis, Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Esmeria Angela Ribeiro do Valle († 1997)

• Alexis G. J. Baugniet (33), Sint-Truiden, België
• Aalrich (Ahlrich) Recker (79), Lansing, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Klein (60), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Anne Gerrits van der Ley (76), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalrich Recker (79), Lansing, Illinois, The United States of America
• Adrianus Bouwman (77), 's Gravenhage
• Adriaan Visser (27), Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Alice Walker (82)
• Anna Catharina Pretorius (64), Zuid-Afrika, R.S.A.
• * Hendrina Michels (87), Gemert

• 1942 » Chris Harris, English actor and director († 2014)
• 1942 » Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1943 » Emmett Tyrrell, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded The American Spectator
• 1943 » Tommy McAvoy, Scottish politician
• 1944 » Denis Thwaites, English professional footballer murdered in the 2015 Sousse attacks (died 2015)
• 1944 » Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham, English businessman, founded DFS
• 1946 » Antony Beevor, English historian and author
• 1946 » Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer
• 1946 » John Du Prez, English conductor and composer
• 1946 » Patty Duke, American actress († 2016)

• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870)

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.
• June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
• July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
• August 5 » World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
• August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.

The temperature on December 14, 1944 was between -0.8 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.