About the day » Friday March 31, 1944Calender converter

• Adrianus Michiel Maria Vreijsen, Dongen († 2003)
• Annie Dekker, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Corrie Barten, Beers († 2005)
• Klaas Veerman († 2023)
• Janna Carolina Huijsing, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Antje Karman, Apeldoorn Anklaarscheweg († 2017)
• IDSKE LOENDERSLOOT, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Cornelis Dirk van Delft, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Laurentius Gerardus Jozef Maatman, Deventer († 1944)
• Carol Ann ASHTON, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 2004)

• Aaltje Donker (76), Kedichem, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Trijtel (55), Midden-Europa
• (35), AUSCHWITZ (Oświęcim), KLEIN POLEN, PL
• Abraham Bollegraaf (17), Deported
• AARON VAN HOORN (17), MIDDEN-EUROPA
• Abraham Schellevisch - Cohen (47), Midden Europa
• Abraham Hijman (23), Europe
• Abraham Jong de (36), Midden-Europa
• Abraham Ossedrijver (50), Auschwitz
• Abraham Leman (38), in Midden Europa

• 1942 » Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
• 1943 » Christopher Walken, American actor
• 1943 » Deirdre Clancy, English costume designer
• 1943 » Roy Andersson, Swedish director and screenwriter
• 1944 » Angus King, American politician
• 1944 » Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Pascal Danel, French singer-songwriter
• 1945 » Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1945 » Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
• 1945 » Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress († 1995)

• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
• 1931 » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
• 1939 » Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)

• 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: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
• August 10 » World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German–Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia, from invading Soviet troops.
• 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.
• September 17 » World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
• October 6 » World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
• December 31 » World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

The temperature on March 31, 1944 was between -2.9 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.