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• Femmigje Bouwmeester, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)
• Emma Emmerentia Maria Merks, Gouda († 2010)
• Elizabeth (Els) van Papendrecht, Gorinchem (ZH-NLD) († 2020)
• Catharina Elizabeth POTGIETER († 2010)
• Geert Kuipers, Emmen, Nederland († 1945)
• Elly (Elisabeth) Post, Rotterdam
• Alice Maria Mathilde Jansen, Opglabbeek, België († 1946)
• Dieter Haardt († 2008)
• Auke Weerstand, Urk, Gemeente Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2022)
• Jack Koelink, Lier (Belgie) († 2007)

• Albertus de Rijk (69), Amsterdam
• Amélie Henriette Eleonore DIERICKX (61), Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, 21012, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Anthonia van Oosten (75), Ede, Nederland
• Alida Veenendaal, Wageningen
• Van Bergen Leonia Maria (63), Wortel, Antwerpen, België
• Aart Pol (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Ilbrink (79)
• Adriana Laura Oosterling (38), voorburg (zuid holland)
• Adriana Willemse (75), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joortje van Konijnenburg (82), Oegstgeest

• 1940 » Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician († 1999)
• 1940 » Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
• 1941 » Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter († 2011)
• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• 1941 » Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist
• 1947 » J. Richard Gott, American astronomer and academic

• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

• 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.
• June 15 » World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
• June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• 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.
• October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.

The temperature on February 8, 1944 was between 0.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.