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• Arita Cornelia Hillechina van de Hoef, Soest († 2015)
• Hendrik Apollo Maria van der Hoeven, Oegstgeest († 2008)
• Jeannette De Deugd, Dordrecht († 1997)
• Dixie Joanne Philpott, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa († 2020)
• Margaretha Geertruida Schrader, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2010)
• Bertha van der Neut († 2010)
• Johannes Theodorus Crapts, Maastricht († 1944)
• Henk Karsten, Nijeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1988)
• Cornelis Albert Zwolsman, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Jan de Bruijne, Eindhoven († 2002)

• Aaltje Kuipers (34), Leeuwarden
• Antonius van Eijden (80), Bussum (Gooise Meren), Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adriaan de Blaeij (46), Terneuzen
• Aarnout Muizer (63), Rhoon
• Antonie Hubertus van Rooij (71), Tilburg
• Albertje Katrina VAN DER WAL (71), Westerwijtwerd (Middelstum) Groningen Netherlands
• Aloys Dobbelhoff (47), Nordhorn (Duitsland)
• Albertje Katrina van der Wal (71), Westerwijtwerd, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Pieter Lutterlof (79), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Dirk Jens (73), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer († 2018)
• 1941 » Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
• 1942 » Sandra Dee, American model and actress († 2005)
• 1943 » Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
• 1943 » Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
• 1943 » Hervé Villechaize, French actor († 1993)
• 1943 » Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1944 » Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director
• 1946 » Blair Brown, American actress
• 1946 » Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist († 2014)

• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)

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.
• May 18 » World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
• August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
• October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
• November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
• December 22 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
• December 31 » World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

The temperature on April 23, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.