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• Anthonius Franciscus van der Heide, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Kees Jan Fluijt († 2023)
• Doodgeboren zoon Smeding, Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland († 1944)
• Gerrit Johan Albert te VELDHUIS, Zelhem († 1944)
• Rikste Kiewiet († 1944)
• Albertus Johannes Franciscus Pepels, Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland († 2020)
• Kees Jan Fluijt, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2023)
• Edward Lodewijk Doorgeest, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Hanna Louisse van Woensel, Mulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2020)
• Frederik Riegman, Rotterdam († 1944)

• Anna Elisabeth van der Logt (73), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Katharina Miseré (77), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• ANTOON HOFLAND (77), BEVERWIJK
• Abraham Harpman (60), Oranienburg of Sachsenhausen (Duitsland)
• Arthur Daniel Pascoe (34), Tocumwal, Berrigan Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia
• Andrew SHEARER (80), Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Bauke Feddes Jeeninga (67), Anna Paulowna
• Andries Wassenaar (42), Brandenburg, Germany
• Angelina Maria van den Heuvel (11), Maastricht
• Aartje van Doorn (91), Harderwijk

• 1942 » Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov Ismail oghlu, Azerbaijani philosopher and academic
• 1942 » Charlie Coles, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1942 » James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
• 1942 » Sarah Brady, American activist and author († 2015)
• 1943 » Fabian Forte, American pop singer and actor
• 1943 » Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
• 1944 » Christine Boutin, French politician, French Minister of Housing and Urban Development
• 1944 » Michael Tucker, American actor and producer
• 1944 » Willie Tee, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer († 2007)
• 1945 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)

• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
• 1958 » victims of the Munich air disaster
• 1963 » Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)
• 1964 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)

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 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
• 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.
• March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
• April 29 » World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
• September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
• 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 6, 1944 was between 0.9 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.