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• Cornelia Maria Liduina van Kuijeren, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Elise Christina Renske van Weering († 1987)
• Cornelis Willem Jan Hoogenraad, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1978)
• Anne de LIEDEKERKE, Uccle, 1180, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2004)
• Anke Breugem († 2022)
• Jacobus Franciscus Gerardus van Holstein, Rotterdam († 1944)
• Johanna Adriana Zandee, Hoogerheide († 1990)
• Anne comtesse de Liedekerke, Uccle (Bruxelles) († 2004)
• Abelardo Gutierrez Pinzon, Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia († 2018)
• Gerarda Maria Sophia de Rooij, Wijk bij Duurstede († 2005)

• Aaltje Reents SCHWARZ (76), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Zwang (76), Dordrecht
• Altje Schwarz (76), Zeist
• Albert Keijser (21), Den Burg, Texel, Nederland
• Altje Schwartz (76), Zeist,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peek (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Maria Petronella van der Spek (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Noots (59), Neerpelt, Belgium
• Anna Maria Polman (86), Mülheim an der Ruhr
• Alida Snoek (81), Lopik

• 1943 » Janet Evanovich, American author
• 1943 » John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence († 2012)
• 1943 » Keith Crisco, American businessman and politician († 2014)
• 1943 » Louise Glück, American poet
• 1943 » Scott W. Williams, American mathematician and professor
• 1944 » Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player († 2014)
• 1944 » Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist
• 1944 » Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor († 2007)
• 1945 » Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1945 » Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd Governor of West Bengal

• 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1951 » Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)

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.
• April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
• October 11 » The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
• November 7 » Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
• December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
• December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

The temperature on April 22, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.