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• Glenn Walter Keller († 2007)
• Anthony Frank Mitchell, Dorchester, Dorset († 1989)
• Jansje Zweers, Hardenberg († 2023)
• Gerrit Oosterhuis, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• Gregorius Johannes Maria Koldeweij, Winterswijk-Meddo († 1997)
• Gerrit Oosterhuis, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 2004)
• Francisca Johanna Antonia Petronella Schilders, Hapert († 1975)
• elisabeth henriette maria de bruijn, helden-panningen
• Huiberdina Petronella Deijkers, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Jan Johannes Christianus Lukassen, Babberich († 1971)

• Anna Janna Elve (93), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria von Hebel (65), Emmer-Compascuum, Nederland
• Akke Ytsma (85), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertine Louise gravin van Limburg Stirum (62), Lisse,Gemeente Lisse,South Holland,Netherlands
• Albertine Maria Louise van Limburg-Stirum (62)
• Anna Theodora Maria Wubben (50), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Walstra (10), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Elisabeth Meijer (60), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Kroezen (16), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Meeder (76), Rotterdam

• 1940 » Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1940 » Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 » David L. Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
• 1942 » Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1945 » Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer († 2000)
• 1945 » Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist († 2017)
• 1945 » Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer and umpire
• 1947 » Al Bumbry, American baseball player
• 1947 » Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1947 » John Weider, English bass player

• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)

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 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
• June 26 » World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
• August 28 » World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
• October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.
• October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
• November 12 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.

The temperature on April 21, 1944 was between 5.0 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.