About the day » Sunday March 5, 1944Calender converter

• Bea Jansen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1960)
• Garie de Boer († 2023)
• Benedetta A M Vriend, Oosterblokker († 2014)
• Egbert Westerbeek, Steenwijk († 2020)
• Jeanne van Son, Vlijmen († 1997)
• Cornelis Theodorus (Kees) Zuiderwijk, Den Haag († 2011)
• Elfrieda Raymonda Karel Cassauwers, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2001)
• levenloos zoon van Dragt, Zuuk, Epe († 1944)
• Jo Dackus, Amby,, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Geriet Gustaaf Eugeen Van De Moortel, Beernem († 2015)

• Anna Maria Reijntjens (***) (87), Kerkrade,6460,Limburg,Nederland
• Adolf Frederik Willem Wiebking (82), Antwerpen (B)
• Anna Roelfs Tabbes (60), De Wilp, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aalbert van Ravenhorst (82), Barneveld {GE}
• Agatha de Bruijn (77), Ter Aar (Aardam)
• Aleida Geertruida ter Horst (72), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Reijntjens (87), Kerkrade
• Anna TABBES (60), De Wilp (Marum) Groningen Netherlands
• Annigje Martinus Martinus (84), Hoogeveen
• Adriana van de Wiel (72), Vlijmen

• 1942 » David Watkins, Welsh rugby player
• 1942 » Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 1942 » Mike Resnick, American author and editor († 2020)
• 1943 » Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1998)
• 1944 » Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor
• 1944 » Roy Gutman, American journalist and author
• 1945 » Wilf Tranter, English footballer
• 1946 » Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1946 » Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter († 2018)
• 1946 » Richard Bell, Canadian pianist († 2007)

• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)

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 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
• June 15 » World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
• August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
• September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
• September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
• October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.

The temperature on March 5, 1944 was between -5.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.