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• Levenloos Geboren KWAKMAN, Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Carolyn ROPER, Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, United States of America († 1994)
• Hendrikus (Henk) Visser, Delft, Nederland († 2013)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Warmenhoven, Beverwijk († 2003)
• Antonie Gijsbert Branderhorst, Eethen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• de Joode, Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1944)
• Cornelis Petrus Jozef Hogervorst, Hillegom († 2008)
• Huberta "Bep" Jacoba du Chatenier, Poortugaal, Albrandswaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2011)
• Elisabeth Theresia Maria Maas, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2016)
• Jantje Pultrum, Houtigehage, Friesland, Nederland († 2019)

• Angela Maria Jeckell (62), Den Haag
• Adrianus Johannes Bank (83), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Nijenbanning (0), Groningen
• Aaltje Quint (78), Tilburg
• Aalt Busch (25), Soesterberg, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Albert Loois (80), Apeldoorn
• Agatha Antinette Bezemer (4), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Gross
• Aaltje Antonette Lukassen (27), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Jansen (73), Oostburg

• 1942 » Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor
• 1943 » Dionysis Simopoulos, Greek physicist and astronomer
• 1943 » Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer († 2010)
• 1943 » Michael Grade, English businessman
• 1943 » Susan Clark, Canadian actress and producer
• 1944 » Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Anselm Kiefer, German painter and sculptor
• 1945 » Jim Chapman, American lawyer and politician
• 1945 » Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
• 1945 » Sylvia Wiegand, American mathematician

• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)

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.
• February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
• April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
• April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
• September 17 » World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
• December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

The temperature on March 8, 1944 was between -1.1 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.