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• John Peetoom († 1983)
• Geert Weistra, Groningen († 1944)
• Fransina Hendrika Geense, Krabbendijke († 1997)
• Evert van Ommen, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 2008)
• Jerome Boslooper († 1986)
• Cornelia Johanna PLAK († 1944)
• Marcell Henrijch Eugene Van der Vorst, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Harm Brakel, Oranjedorp, Emmen († 2007)
• AALTJE VAN REES, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Franciscus Maria Boerrigter, Manderveen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)

• Assies (25), Overveen, Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Van Meer (89), Etten-Leur
• Berend Alberts Regeling (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Rozema (83), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Jan Rozeman (30), Den Haag, Nederland
• Adriana Verbaandert (56), Hilvarenbeek, Nederland
• Austin Percy Nederveld (19)
• Antoine de Touchet (58)
• Aagtje Groen (69), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bosters (79), Nieuw Vossemeer,N-Br, NL

• 1941 » Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author († 2012)
• 1943 » Joe Stampley, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1943 » José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican lawyer and jurist († 2010)
• 1943 » Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
• 1944 » Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist.
• 1944 » Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine).
• 1944 » Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time.
• 1946 » Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter.
• 1947 » David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004.
• 1947 » Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street.

• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer and author (b. 1910)
• 1955 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (b. 1875)

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.
• August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
• 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 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
• November 21 » World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
• December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.

The temperature on June 6, 1944 was between 7.6 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.