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• Betsie Peters, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Jan Visscher, Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Dré van de Nostrum, Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Hermanus Martinus Maria Hulsman, Vilsteren († 1989)
• Duur Cornelis Alblas († 2004)
• Jan JBsz de Best, Leiden († 2002)
• Cornelis Jeroen(Kees) van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• Hennie Molthoff, Angeren († 2018)
• Giel de Waal († 1995)
• Jacoba Koiter († 2009)

• Aaldert Johannes Booy (20), Hoogeveen
• "Gerrit" Gerhardus Bernardus Könning (oorlog) (16), Nijmegen
• Adriaan Blankestijn (22), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• A Kouwenhoven (46)
• Adriana Pieternella Jacoba Berns (21), Schiedam
• Adrianus Ferdinandus Arnouts (56), Hoek van Holland
• Aaltje van Maaren (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf van der Hoef (41), Aschersleben (Duitsland)
• Aaltje van Maaren (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Arnoldus Dankers (21), Nijmegen

• 1943 » Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player
• 1943 » Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany
• 1943 » Otoya Yamaguchi, Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma († 1960)
• 1943 » Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic
• 1943 » Tom Van Arsdale, American basketball player
• 1944 » Christopher Meyer, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States
• 1944 » Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1944 » Mick Green, English rock & roll guitarist († 2010)
• 1944 » Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman († 2003)
• 1944 » Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter

• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961 » Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)

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.
• April 13 » Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
• 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.
• September 12 » World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
• October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
• November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
• November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

The temperature on February 22, 1944 was between -2.6 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.