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• Aldert Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Akke Wagenaar († 2004)
• Leendert Fluit, Oude Tonge, Zuid, Holland, Netherlands († 1985)
• Duane Douglas Baas, Stearns, Minnesota († 2010)
• Margaret Elizabeth Colville, Melbourne Victoria († 2014)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Niet, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Agnes Gris († 1971)
• Josephina Maria Agnes Keijdener, Itteren († 1944)
• Catharina Maria Haanskorf, Zevenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Arie Woort, Den Helder († 2003)

• 00 Anna Petronella van Leeuwen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Bernardus Jacobus Mantje (75), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Antoinetta Hermsen (77), Nijmegen, NL
• Anna Marie Dumoulin (68), Meester Cornelis (Batavia)
• Adrianus Martinus Baken (72), Valkenswaard
• Alida de Ruiter (16), Daarlerveen, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Armand Barend Verveer (42), japan
• Anna Petronella Van Leeuwen (30), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaron SCHIEDEL (82), probably Waterloo County
• Bartiaan Schelling (75), 's-Gravendeel, ZH, Nederland

• 1942 » Cyrus Chothia, English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology († 2019)
• 1942 » Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman
• 1942 » Paul Krause, American football player and politician
• 1942 » Will Provine, American biologist, historian, and academic († 2015)
• 1943 » Homer Hickam, American author and engineer
• 1943 » Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 » Tim Hunt, English biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate
• 1944 » Les Hinton, English-American journalist and businessman
• 1945 » Yuri Antonov, Uzbek-Russian singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist

• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

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 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
• March 3 » The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
• March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
• March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
• September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
• October 11 » The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.

The temperature on February 19, 1944 was between -2.7 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.