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• Joziena Albertha Boer, Leiden († 1996)
• Hendrika VAN DONGEN, Delft (Ten Boer) Groningen Netherlands († 2019)
• Annie Perrocheau, Basse-Goulaine († 2005)
• Marcus Pool († 1989)
• Cornelis de Beurs, Abbekerk († 1973)
• Hermanus Schuurmans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Hermanus Schuurmans, Rotterdam († 1999)
• Cornelis Jan Backer, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 2002)
• Hermanus (Herman) SCHUURMANS, Rotterdam († 1999)
• Josephina Maria Theuns, Amsterdam († 1996)

• Jacobus Aloijsius van Regenmortel (75), Dusseldorf-Holthausen (Dtsl)
• Albertus Johannes Huugen (82), Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Loos (46), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Andreas Liland (49)
• Anna Maria Baars (68), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Karel Baak (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Ate Rinzes Dijkstra (69), Ferwerd
• Albertus Johannes Huugen (82), Herwen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Alfred Jacobsen Lilann (49), Stadthavet
• Antoon Franciscus Berns (67), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1941 » Michael Masser, American songwriter, composer and producer († 2015)
• 1944 » R. Lee Ermey, American sergeant and actor († 2018)
• 1944 » Vojislav Koštunica, Serbian academic and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Serbia
• 1945 » Curtis Hanson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1945 » Patrick Malahide, English actor and screenwriter
• 1945 » Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist and academic
• 1946 » Kitty O'Neil, American stuntwoman († 2018)
• 1946 » Klaus Dinger, German guitarist and songwriter († 2008)
• 1947 » Christine Gregoire, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Governor of Washington
• 1947 » Dennis Erickson, American football player and coach

• 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)

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.
• April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
• 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.
• June 15 » World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
• August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
• August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.

The temperature on March 24, 1944 was between 2.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.