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• Johannes Cornelis Musters, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Nico Loverix, Zichen-Zussen-Bolder (B) († 2011)
• Catherina Steenge, The Netherlands († 1997)
• Albert Stuifzand, Elim, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Aaltje de Raaf, rotterdam († 2006)
• Geneva L. Lack, Steele, Pemiscot Co., Missouri, United States († 1995)
• Bobby Smith [Wk] († 1944)
• NN Steenhuis, Scheemda († 1944)
• Christiaan Rensen, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2002)
• Gerrit Jan Hogeweg, Winterswijk

• Aaltje Veening (50), Groningen
• Ann Dora Elizabeth Gregg (69), Morton Cochran co tx
• Alida Jozefina Pekel (69), Limmen
• Andreas Jacobus de Boer (31), Leeuwarden
• Anna Maria CAPTEIN (72), Den Bosch
• Arie Hendrikus van Beek (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Drenth (71), Almelo
• Albertus Snijders (83), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Catharina Christina Stefanie Paulis (27), Echt,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aafje Schot (66), Beverwijk

• 1942 » Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
• 1942 » Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
• 1943 » Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer († 1967)
• 1943 » Kent Haruf, American novelist († 2014)
• 1943 » Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Terry Semel, American businessman
• 1944 » Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia († 2007)
• 1944 » Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player († 1994)
• 1945 » Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer

• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)

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 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
• March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
• July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
• August 4 » The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
• August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

The temperature on February 24, 1944 was between -6.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.