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March 9, 1944Died on Friday March 10, 1944
- Albertus Stephanus Meijers (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Albertus Stephanus Meijers (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Adolphe HUET (79), Espira,66,Pyrénées Orientales,LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON,FRANCE
- Age Gerlofs Bottema (76), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- (53), Arnhem
- Akke de Jong (76), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriana Petronella Elisabeth Pos (77), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Akke de Jong (76), Bakel
- Anna Gezina Hendrika Willemina Spijker (67), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Gezina Hendrika Wilhelmina Spijker (67), Doesburg
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 10, 1944 at Delpher
- Dagblad van Noord-Brabant
- Het financieele dagblad : waarin opgenomen het Amsterdamsch effectenblad en de Dagelijksche beurscourant
- De waarheid
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Veritas
- De Oranje gids : voor: vrijheid, waarheid en recht
- Ick waeck : orgaan van de vrije pers
- Overzicht der nieuwsberichten
- [Zonder titel]
- Op wacht : voor God-Nederland-Oranje
Born on March 10
- 1940 » Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist
- 1940 » David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter
- 1943 » Peter Berresford Ellis, English historian and author
- 1945 » Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright
- 1945 » Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways († 2001)
- 1946 » Gérard Garouste, French contemporary artist
- 1946 » Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach († 1993)
- 1947 » Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Canada
- 1947 » Tom Scholz, American rock musician (Boston)
- 1948 » Austin Carr, American basketball player
Died on March 10
- 1913 » Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. c.1820)
- 1925 » Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (b. 1878)
- 1937 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
- 1940 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
- 1942 » Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
- 1948 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
- 1948 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
- 1951 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
- 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
- 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
Names that were popular for boys in 1944
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Jacobus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Robert
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1944
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Ann
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1944
- 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.
- January 29 » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
- March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
- June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
- July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
- August 28 » World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
- September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
The weather on Friday March 10, 1944
The temperature on March 10, 1944 was between 0.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI