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April 1, 1944Born on Sunday April 2, 1944
- Maria Adriana Jolanthe Boon, Utrecht († 1944)
- Jan Nan de Wit, Harlingen († 1945)
- Edmond Hubert Elizabeth Jansen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
- Gertruda Tielens, Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
- Gerritje van de Vlag, Apeldoorn († 2000)
- Benjamin Anker († 2015)
- John Pinkney Kelley, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2018)
- Freerk Pater, Emmen, Drente, Nederland († 1980)
- Gerrit DIKSCHEI, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2007)
- Frederick Paul Notzka, Toledo, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
Died on Sunday April 2, 1944
- Annie Cornelia Glasbergen (28), Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus van Elzakker (81), Noordwijkerhout
- Alida Cornelia Elisabeth Zuiderhoek (71), Voorburg
- Annigje Advocaat (92), Rockanje
- Adriana Johanna Vermeulen (69), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Albert de Boer (0), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
- Dormal (32), SANDBOSTEL (D)
- Arie Kers (86), Amby, Limburg, Nederland
- André Jean Marie Gabriel Liesse (89), Paris, 75056, France
- Adrianus Tetteroo (70), ZOETERMEER, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 2, 1944 at Delpher
- The London news
- "Mijn schild ende betrouwen": Oranje-nieuws vóór en dóór blind Nederland
- [Zonder titel]
- [Zonder titel]
- Kroniek van de week : vriheyt en is om gheen gelt te coop
- Kroniek van de week ; vriheyt en is om gheen gelt te coop
- Het Laatste nieuws
- De Stem van Londen
- [Zonder titel]
- Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden
Born on April 2
- 1943 » Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor
- 1943 » Caterina Bueno, Italian singer († 2007)
- 1943 » Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist († 2017)
- 1943 » Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1944 » Bill Malinchak, American football player
- 1945 » Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1945 » Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
- 1945 » Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter
- 1945 » Linda Hunt, American actress
- 1945 » Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
Died on April 2
- 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
- 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
- 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
- 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
- 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
- 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
- 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
- 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
- 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
- 1966 » C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)
Names that were popular for boys in 1944
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Jacobus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Robert
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1944
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Ann
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1944
- 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 24 » Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese-occupied Burma.
- April 5 » World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
- June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
- July 17 » World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
- July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
- November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
The weather on Sunday April 2, 1944
The temperature on April 2, 1944 was between 1.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI