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• Johannes Fransciscus Norbertus Karel BECKS, Den Bosch (NL/NB) († 1944)
• Peter Johansen, Castle Dale, Emery County, Utah († 1956)
• Agnes Maria Augustina Emilie Colen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betty Loraine Chadwell, Caylor, Lee County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• hendrik van Dijk, Marum († 2004)
• Folkert Jacob Beimers, Huizum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel († 1945)
• Janet Inez Perkins, Peoria City, Peoria County, Illinois († 2003)
• Johanna van Straaten, Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Joke Vera, Loon op Zand († 2008)
• Franciscus Petrus Adrianus Backx, Roosendaal († 1988)

• Charles Victor Sheridan Jr (61)
• ARIE ADRIANUS VISSER (22), OP ZEE
• Ahasueres de Wilde, Amersfoort
• Ahasuerus de Wilde (88), Amersfoort
• adriana maria VERKERK (85), rotterdam
• Bertha Schwarz (62), Rotterdam, NL
• Bauke van der Werf (74)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Manders (29), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Catharina Michels (74), Oeffelt
• Adriana Anna Muijen (17), Heerlen

• 1941 » Václav Klaus, Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic
• 1942 » Merata Mita, New Zealand director and producer († 2010)
• 1944 » Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer, composer, writer and poet
• 1945 » Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 » Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, 1st President of Republika Srpska
• 1945 » Tobias Wolff, American short story writer, memoirist, and novelist
• 1946 » Jimmy Greenhoff, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » John Ralston Saul, Canadian philosopher and author
• 1947 » Salman Rushdie, Indian-English novelist and essayist
• 1948 » Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter († 1974)

• 1932 » Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1937 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Otto Hirsch, German jurist and politician (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
• 1953 » Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)

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.
• January 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
• June 17 » Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
• July 21 » World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
• August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
• September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
• October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.

The temperature on June 19, 1944 was between 12.5 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.