About the day » Thursday March 30, 1944Calender converter

• Daniël van Zomeren, Amersfoort († 2010)
• Johan-Maurits Hartendorf, Velsen († 1944)
• Michelle Rebee van Iwaarden, Holland Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Gerrit Jan Komrij, Winterswijk († 2012)
• Michele Rebee van Iwaarden, Holland, Michigan, VS († 1944)
• Andras Wilhelmus Johannes Josephus Dekkers, Tilburg
• Margje Hendrika STOUT, Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland), Nederland
• Ad van de Bovenkamp († 2014)
• NN Seggers, Assen
• NN Marijnissen, Gilze en Rijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)

• Homkje Ruurds de Jong (91), Woudfennen (Joure)
• Alida Jansen (74), Steenwijkerwold
• aart LOS (86), zwijndrecht
• Abraham Korver (57), Utrecht
• Albert Marie (Erry) van Ligten (36), Fukuoka (Japan) kamp 6 Orio
• Adrianus van Zundert (81), Klundert, Nederland
• Arie Kraaijeveld (70), Sliedrecht
• Arie Houwaard (0), Ermelo
• Aaltje Louisa Maria Odink (3), Hengelo
• Angelina Coleta Douwen (73), Berlaar

• 1941 » Graeme Edge, English singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1941 » Ron Johnston, English geographer and academic
• 1941 » Wasim Sajjad, Pakistani lawyer and politician, President of Pakistan
• 1942 » Kenneth Welsh, Canadian actor
• 1942 » Ruben Kun, Nauruan lawyer and politician, 14th President of Nauru († 2014)
• 1942 » Tane Norton, New Zealand rugby player
• 1943 » Jay Traynor, American pop and doo-wop singer († 2014)
• 1944 » Brian Wilshire, Australian radio host
• 1944 » Mark Wylea Erwin, American businessman and diplomat
• 1945 » Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter

• 1935 » Romanos Melikian, Armenian composer (b. 1883)
• 1936 » Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1895)
• 1940 » Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Jan Bytnar, Polish lieutenant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1921)
• 1943 » Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish sergeant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Béla Balogh, Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1909)
• 1949 » Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1905)

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.
• January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
• June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
• November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
• 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.
• December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

The temperature on March 30, 1944 was between -2.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.