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• Hermannus IJsenbrant, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2000)
• Albert Joseph Edgard (Albert) Francis, Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België († 2009)
• Sies de Vries, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Aline Maria Adrienne Heeffer, Zandvliet (België) († 1947)
• Christian MICHOTTE van den BERCK, Uccle, 1180, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2014)
• doodgeboren kind Baijens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Jerrold E. Drenner, Cook County, Illinois, VS († 2016)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1944)
• Dominique NAVEAU, Wavre, 25112, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 1972)
• N.n. Wolfkamp, Raalte

• André Jozef Robert Ketelslagers (0), Ulbeek
• Aloys Doop (77), Rumbeke, 8800, Roeselare, West Vlaanderen
• Anna Gertruda Petronella Koenen, Nimwegen, Niederlande
• Arie van den Berg (85), Zaltbommel
• Alice ULHOA CINTRA (71), São Paulo, Brésil
• Arie van den Berg (85), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abram Cornelius Pleyte (91), Milwaukee, Wiscosin, Verenigde Staten
• Amelia Adelphina Meulemans (65)
• Anne Veenstra * (30), Basse (Steenwijkerwold)
• Antonetta Victoria Wouters (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic
• 1943 » Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction († 1977)
• 1943 » James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
• 1943 » Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author († 2001)
• 1943 » Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter († 2011)
• 1944 » Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director († 1991)
• 1944 » Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1945 » Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
• 1947 » Alan Dale, New Zealand actor

• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)

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.
• February 14 » World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
• June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
• 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.
• June 20 » World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
• August 4 » The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
• November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.

The temperature on May 6, 1944 was between 1.5 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.