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• Dirk Albertus Brink, Apeldoorn {GE} († 1946)
• JOHANNES HENDRIKUS VAN ZOEREN, BARNEVELD († 2004)
• Johannes Pieter Vellekoop, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Philomena Peters, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• Eeke Willemina Sina (Willy) Beekelaar, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Benedita Teresa Ferreira, Lapa, Paraná, Brasil († 1994)
• Maria Johanna Josepha Janssen, Nijmegen († 2009)
• Jos LEEMANS, Minderhout, Hoogstraten, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2019)
• Johannes Adrianus van Geest, Naaldwijk († 1948)
• Johan Arnoldus Gerardus van Mierlo, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Albertus Antonius Thomasz Keijzer (69), Laren
• Christian Hinderks, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amanda Roose (75)
• Anna Sophia Christina van Zalen (66), Haren
• Bertilia Bernardina Coart (49), Kerkom, België
• Albert Eman (90), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stakenburg (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Ham (69), Beverwijk
• Catherine Adriana Zwemer (84), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, 49423, VS
• Albertus Antonius Keijzer (69), Laren

• 1940 » George A. Romero, American director and producer († 2017)
• 1941 » Jiří Raška, Czech skier and coach († 2012)
• 1941 » Ron Rangi, New Zealand rugby player († 1988)
• 1941 » Russell Cooper, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Queensland
• 1943 » Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, 2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira
• 1943 » Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language
• 1943 » Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer († 1992)
• 1944 » Florence LaRue, American singer and actress
• 1947 » Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
• 1947 » Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, 3rd Director of National Intelligence

• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)

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.
• February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
• 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 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
• October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
• October 30 » Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
• November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.

The temperature on February 4, 1944 was between -0.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.