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• Jeanette Neelen, As, Provincie Limburg, België († 2001)
• Jannie Nijeboer († 1944)
• Antoinette Catharina Anna Maria Fijnaut († 2017)
• Klaus Bruno GALL, Kempen, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 2017)
• Magda Ghislaine Keupers, Hasselt, België († 1959)
• Dirk Fekkes, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Elly Welling, Bussum († 1944)
• Annie Arens († 1995)
• Hendrica Maria Joosten, Deurne
• Ebeltje Wierenga, Ten Boer († 1945)

• Artur Czarlinsky (70), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Anna Barbara Smolders (64), Oisterwijk
• Adele Hirsch (63), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Meesters (80), Breda
• Adolf Lachmann (72), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• hilletje du pree (79), rotterdam
• Anna Yntema (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alberdina Palmans (81), Haarlem
• Adele Elend (68), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Aleida Catharina ten Cate (68), Oldebroek, Nederland

• 1941 » Denis Hart, Australian archbishop
• 1942 » David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge († 2015)
• 1943 » Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
• 1943 » Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician
• 1943 » Wieteke van Dort, Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist
• 1944 » Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
• 1944 » Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader
• 1944 » Danny Trejo, American actor
• 1946 » John Law, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 » Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer

• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893)
• 1955 » James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(b. 1909)

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 14 » Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20million pounds.
• June 7 » World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
• June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
• August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
• September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
• November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.

The temperature on May 16, 1944 was between 1.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.