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• JENNIJ JONGENOTTER, Ede († 1944)
• Fenna Blauw († 2001)
• Johanna Adriana Maria van Gorkum, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Johannes Petrus Maria Saat (Zaat), Valburg († 1974)
• Hillechien (Hilly) Rossing, Eexterveen († 2015)
• Dorothy (Dot) W. DeGeest († 2017)
• Arie Lupker, Delft († 1966)
• Hilbrand FOKKENS, Wierhuizen Gem.Pieterburen († 2001)
• Hendrikus Gerhardus Lambertus Broekhuis, Losser, Overijssel, Nederland († 1980)
• Jantsje van der Bijl, Makkum, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)

• Anna Catharina van Es (68), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Brandmair (68), München, Bayern, Allemagne
• Leijten (0), Helmond (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Adriaan Goudswaard (23), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Quirinus Braam Houckgeest, van (63), Den Haag
• Aafke Van der Molen (71), Damwoude, Dantumadeel,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• ANNA ELISABETH VAN DIEN (52), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Adrianus Jansz Kuijer (73), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrica Vroemen (72), Eindhoven
• Adriana van Gorkom (87), Tilburg

• 1941 » Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
• 1941 » Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1943 » Blythe Danner, American actress
• 1943 » Dennis Edwards, American soul/R&B singer († 2018)
• 1943 » Eric Haydock, English bass player († 2019)
• 1943 » Shawn Phillips, American-South African singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Bob Griese, American football player and sportscaster
• 1945 » Johnny Cymbal, Scottish-American singer-songwriter and producer († 1993)
• 1947 » Paul Auster, American novelist, essayist, and poet
• 1947 » Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor and director

• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
• 1956 » Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (b. 1916)
• 1959 » The Day the Music Died

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 10 » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
• April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
• August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
• October 20 » American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands.
• 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.
• December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

The temperature on February 3, 1944 was between 5.8 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.