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• Anita Gerri Demmink († 2008)
• Jacobus Adrianus Johannes Opdam, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 1946)
• Jan Pieter Lanser, Den Helder († 2018)
• Karen Ann Brubaker, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Jentje Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)
• Gea van de Bruggen, Sneek († 1979)
• Fenna Veemman, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1982)
• Herma Boerema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Jan Thomas van de Hoef, Baarn († 2013)
• Helen Jean Barlow, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia († 2010)

• Arie Lakerveld (72), Vlaardingen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barendje de Graaf (5), Nijkerk
• Alouisius Theodorus Maria Hendriksen (30), Zevenaar, Nederland
• Annie Lottie Pryor (59), Mount Barker, South Australia, Australië
• Anneggien Lammers (56), Assen
• Berend Atzes Demmer (85), Purmerend
• Bertha x (51), Jogjakarta (NOI)
• Bernardus Johannes van Haren (21), Narwa (Estland)
• Alvin Todd (20)
• Berndina Johanna Catharina Rothuijsen (71), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid Holland,Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
• April 25 » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
• September 18 » World War II: The British submarine HMSTradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
• October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
• October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.

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.