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• Jelle Boon, Eierland (Texel, NH) († 2006)
• Bernard Gerrit (Burny) Bos, Haarlem († 2023)
• Johanna Geertruida Huisman, Texel († 1973)
• Franciscus Joannes Maria van Leeuwen, Cothen († 2004)
• Maarten Pieter Vorster († 2000)
• Alphonsus Bernardus Tuijtelaars, Baarle-Nassau († 2009)
• Josephina Theresia Bekke, Wierden († 1989)
• Johanna Geertruida Huisman († 1973)
• Christina Quinn, Derryhillia, Derryloughan, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 2018)
• Lammert Wemerman († 2011)

• Adriana Catharina Elisabeth Straathof (57)
• Aaltje Jans Hoekstra (61), Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Wubbe (65), Heemstede,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Abraham Korper (50), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Alida Kooiman (27), Soest
• Angelina Castermans (75), Keerbergen, Vl Brabant
• Andries Worms (62), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Anje Scheepstra (79), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Hoekstra (61), Oostermeer, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anje Klazes Scheepstra (79), Emmen

• 1942 » Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics († 2006)
• 1943 » Chris Orr, English painter and illustrator
• 1943 » James Herbert, English author and illustrator († 2013)
• 1943 » Michael Bennett, American dancer, choreographer, and director († 1987)
• 1943 » Miller Farr, American football player
• 1944 » Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor († 2017)
• 1944 » Odd Nerdrum, Swedish-Norwegian painter and illustrator
• 1945 » Derrick Walker, Scottish businessman
• 1945 » Jang Yong, South Korean actor

• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)

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.
• June 20 » Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
• July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
• August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
• September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
• September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
• November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

The temperature on April 8, 1944 was between 0.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.