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• Franciscus Petrus Adrianus Backx, Roosendaal († 1988)
• Jetta de Oude († 1997)
• Georges DE VLIEGHER, Stekene († 2005)
• Izak Van Rhijn, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Betty Loraine Chadwell, Caylor, Lee County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1944)
• Erik VISSER, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2011)
• Kind van Mierlo, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Helena Margaretha Kortekaas, De Lier (Z-H), Nederland († 1946)
• Cornelia Carolina Sophia van Eeden, Hoek van Holland, Nederland († 1945)

• Albert De Roos (24), Sellingen, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• ARIE ADRIANUS VISSER (22), OP ZEE
• Altjen Jansen (76), Harderwijk
• Adriana Maria Verkerk (85), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Jansen (76), Harderwijk
• Caroline Elise Schaaf (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Anna Muijen (17), Heerlen
• Ahasuerus de Wilde (89), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ahasueres de Wilde, Amersfoort
• Adrianus (Janus) van der Wulp (77), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
• July 21 » World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
• 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 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.