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• Giel, Machiel Scholte († 2004)
• Johan Georg van Radey, Goldegg, Salzburgerland († 2000)
• Josephus Maria Antonius ''Jos'' Van Langen, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Elisabeth Dimphena Maria van der Horst, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Dijkhuizen, Monster († 1958)
• Elizabeth Mansier, Neder Langbroek († 2000)
• Angelina Margaretha Rosalia Maria Vanheeswijck, Bree (B) († 1944)
• nn Brizee († 2014)
• Regina Johanna Stornebrink, (FR) Bolsward († 2012)
• Alan Keith REID, Standardville, Carbon County, Utah, United States of America († 1998)

• Albertus Schut (71)
• Arend Jan Weijschede (71), Hengelo
• Anna C. A. van Gestel (3), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Arnold Lardinois (41), Eindhoven
• Adriaantje Kooijman (67)
• Adriana van Eenennaam (83), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Annettje van Soest (58), Geervliet
• Anje Doornbos (48), Muskegon (Michigan, USA)
• Aafje Ruijter (92), Venhuizen
• Adriana Maria Ripzaad (70), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1942 » Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman
• 1943 » Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 » Dušan Uhrin, Czech and Slovak footballer and manager
• 1943 » Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.
• 1944 » Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1944 » Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator († 1988)
• 1944 » J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna († 1971)
• 1945 » Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
• 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1954 » Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)

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 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
• June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
• June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
• October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
• November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.

The temperature on February 5, 1944 was between 2.3 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.