About the day » Wednesday February 9, 1944Calender converter

• Joannes Cornelis Maria Warmerdam, Noordwijkerhout († 1986)
• Arie Jan Robert Costerus, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1994)
• Jacob (Jaap) van den Berg, Scharendijke Schouwen-Duivenland Zeeland Nederland († 1972)
• Jacobus Visscher, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Johan Godfried Vermehren, Salzburg, Oostenrijk († 1989)
• James Keith Meinders, Aplington, Butler County, Iowa († 2014)
• Agatha de Koning, Volendam (Edam) († 2023)
• Jan Kleinhout († 2005)
• Gerard Vianen, Kockengen, Netherlands († 2014)
• Antens, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antje Lont (65), Hippolytushoef
• Annigje Diepenhorst (61), Slootdorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Sonépouse (36), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Aletus Guillaume Plijnaer (41), Fukuoka, Japan
• Andrew James DeHay (83), Cross, Berkeley, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Langras (43), Amersfoort
• Antoon Valies (28), Zutphen
• Barend SONEPOUSSE (36), Oswiecim (PL)
• Anna Maria Bodewes (69), Appingedam
• Anna Maria Aarts (65), Maarheeze, Nbr.NL

• 1942 » Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1943 » Barbara Lewis, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1943 » Joe Pesci, American actor
• 1943 » Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 » Alice Walker, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
• 1944 » Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician
• 1945 » Carol Wood, American mathematician and academic
• 1945 » Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and former fashion model
• 1945 » Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese cell biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
• 1946 » Bob Eastwood, American golfer

• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)

• 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 Narva Offensive begins.
• March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
• June 9 » World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
• August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
• September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
• November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.

The temperature on February 9, 1944 was between 0.2 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.