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• Anton Jacobs († 2013)
• Aat de Vries, Spierdijk († 1988)
• Bert Janssen, Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Franciscus van Doormalen, Aalst († 2015)
• Dirkje de Vries, Urk († 2022)
• Felicien BIELEN, Uikhoven,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 2017)
• Gerarda Arnolda Spliet, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Jan Berend Zagers, Zuidwolde († 1995)
• Dood Geboren Kind van Lokven, Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobus Maria Zwarthoed, Edam († 2012)

• Alice Rosa Thamm (62), Buckshutem, Commercial Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
• Adriaan Anne van Ginkel (69), Arnhem, Gld, NL
• Adriaantje de Lange (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie de Kraaij (67), Rotterdam
• Adolplhine Reinira Catharina van Hulst (84), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Mathilda van Campenhout (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Verheijen (76), Poppel (België)
• Adolf Maul
• Anton van ALTENA (70), Amersfoort
• Aleida Mathilda Duijghuisen (51), Overasselt

• 1942 » David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1943 » Hilton Valentine, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1943 » John Dalton, English bass player
• 1943 » Vincent Crane, English pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1944 » Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, Iranian-English academic and politician
• 1944 » Janet Dailey, American author and entrepreneur († 2013)
• 1944 » Marcie Blane, American singer
• 1944 » Mary Robinson, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Ireland
• 1945 » Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut
• 1945 » Richard Hatch, American actor, writer, and producer († 2017)

• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)

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.
• July 6 » The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
• September 11 » World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
• September 12 » World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
• September 13 » World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
• October 20 » American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands.
• December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.

The temperature on May 21, 1944 was between 4.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.