About the day » Wednesday March 22, 1944Calender converter

• Hermanus Boekestijn, Schipluiden, Nederland († 1998)
• Diane Harms, Aplington, Butler County, Iowa († 1983)
• Maria Theresia Van Leugenhaege, Beveren-Waas († 2017)
• Antonie Verweij († 2011)
• James Shimer Bowser, Pennsylvania († 1985)
• Hermanus Boekestijn, Schipluiden († 1998)
• - levenloos - Westendorp, Borger-Nieuw Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• August Michael Vermeiren, Oud-Turnhout, België († 1992)
• Marius van Soelen († 1944)
• Jozef Henri Robberecht, Bornem († 2016)

• Allegondis Maria Bouwmeester (20), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaldrik Haaijer (69), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adolf Julius DICKMANN (43), Koppern, Allemagne
• Aaldrik Haaijer (68), Veendam
• Aldert Hessels Idzinga (86), Leeuwarderadeel (Wirdum) (Friesland)
• Adriana Noorlander (66), Rotterdam
• Anton Herman Miederhoff (73), Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Anna De KOOL (74), Ridderkerk
• ALBERT PAUL DE PAUW (1), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anna De Kool (74), Ridderkerk

• 1942 » Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
• 1942 » Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1943 » George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1976)
• 1943 » Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1945 » Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 » Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
• 1946 » Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author

• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)

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.
• June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
• June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
• September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
• September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
• October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
• November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

The temperature on March 22, 1944 was between -1.8 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.