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• Frederik Hendrik Antonides, Staphorst († 1945)
• Johan Cornelis VAN DER TUIN, Velsen Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1958)
• (Stillborn) POTZE, Wedde Groningen Netherlands († 1944)
• Gerrit Angenendt, Boxmeer († 1987)
• Koene Muskee, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)
• Jentje Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)
• Lucien Jacobus Martinus Wilhelmus Beerens, Breda († 1996)
• Chris van Wijk, Heukelum West Betuwe (GL) († 2022)
• Lena Verhoeven († 2012)
• Geradus Johannes Hurenkamp, Apeldoorn († 1994)

• Alida Antonia Seijmonsbergen (47), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antonius Martinus van Gils (40), Breda
• Angelina Laporte (69), Begijnendijk
• Berend Demmer (85), Purmerend
• Bastiaan van Eeren (80), Numansdorp, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Lottie Pryor (59), Mount Barker, South Australia, Australië
• Abraham Montagne (66), Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Catharina Bernarda Elisabeth Eerdmans (31), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Wilhelmus Andriessen (15), Rotterdam
• Bastiaantje Verbaas (8), 's-Gravendeel

• 1942 » Eddie Levert, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1942 » Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer and manager
• 1944 » Henri Richelet, French painter and etcher
• 1945 » Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 » Lucienne Robillard, Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada
• 1946 » John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, English businessman and politician
• 1946 » Karen Dunnell, English statistician and academic
• 1946 » Neil MacGregor, Scottish historian and curator
• 1946 » Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Tom Harrell, American trumpet player and composer

• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
• 1955 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)

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 25 » World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
• 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 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
• September 15 » Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
• October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
• December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

The temperature on June 16, 1944 was between 10.1 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.