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• Ferdinand Theodoor van Roden († 1975)
• Bastiaan TROOST, Sommelsdijk († 1944)
• Jaap van de Vlag, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• Margaretha Johanna VAN DIJK, Hilversum († 2018)
• johannes wilhelmus theodorus koopmans, helden
• Alfred Frans Roos, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Gerald Clarence SLAGER, Illinois († 1971)
• Höppener, Groningen († 1944)
• Cornelia Susanna Zonneveld, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Johannes Imthorn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)

• Alberta Pluim (93), Ruurlo
• Adriana Kavelaars, Breda
• Höppener (0), Groningen
• (1) Benjamin Gazan (41), Arnhem (Gld) Nederland
• Aaltje Mulder (60), Suawoude, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Krook (81), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Bac (93), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Huberta Nabben (44), Horst
• Adriana van Gils (77), Nispen, Nederland
• Adrianus Kuis (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter († 2019)
• 1942 » Joel Steiger, American director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian and author († 2015)
• 1943 » Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver
• 1945 » Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach († 2008)
• 1945 » Harvey Mandel, American guitarist
• 1946 » Mark Metcalf, American actor and producer
• 1947 » Geoff Hunt, Australian squash player
• 1947 » Tristan Murail, French composer and educator
• 1948 » Roy Barnes, American lawyer and politician, 80th Governor of Georgia

• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 1957 » Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)

• 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.
• March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
• July 21 » World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
• September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
• October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.

The temperature on March 11, 1944 was between 2.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.