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• Anneke Diemersen († 1974)
• Lammert Baas, Wolvega († 1944)
• Jos Elshout († 1969)
• Glen Blackford, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Leonilda Reinert, Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1946)
• Everdine van Dijk, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Juliette Gillis, Clinge (NL.) († 2002)
• Leendert Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• N.N. Harmsen, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Alphons Herman Maria Leus, Geesteren († 2022)

• Antonie Kalkman (71), Beverwijk, NH, Nederland
• Adrianus KLEIJNENDORST (2), Terheijden
• Anna de Gazenbeek (92), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Antje Jans Zandstra (90), Heerlen, Netherlands
• Aaltje van Maasdam (68), Haarlemmermeer, Noord Holland, The Netherlands
• Antje Eelkes de Jong (56), Murmerwoude
• Antje Wil (89), Koog aan de Zaan,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• van Kleeff (0), Rotterdam
• Anna van Rijn (81), Sassenheim
• Alberta Antonia van den Tempel (49), Utrecht

• 1940 » Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1940 » Prue Leith, English restaurateur and journalist
• 1941 » Herman Santiago, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Irma Thomas, American singer
• 1943 » Graeme Garden, Scottish comedian, actor, and author
• 1944 » Pat Bowlen, American businessman († 2019)
• 1945 » Judy Rankin, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1946 » Michael Buerk, English journalist
• 1947 » Dennis DeYoung, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1947 » Eliot Engel, American educator and politician

• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)

• 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 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
• February 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
• August 20 » World War II: One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.
• October 20 » World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
• October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
• December 15 » World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.

The temperature on February 18, 1944 was between -2.9 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.