About the day » Thursday June 8, 1944Calender converter

• Lois NEWTON († 1972)
• Jacob Niewenweg, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2003)
• Geertje BLAAK, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1944)
• hendrikus theodorus marie (hein) janssen, helden-grashoek († 1989)
• Eduardo Rodrigues Porto da Cruz, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brasil († 2009)
• Douwe Floris IJkema, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Lubbert Kramer, Urk († 2021)
• Klaas Gerrit de Leeuw, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Petronella Johanna Maria van der Hulst, Woubrugge, ZUI, Nederland († 1945)
• Willemtje (Willy) Beugelink, Steenwijk († 2022)

• Aafke Meindersma (83), Baarn
• Aeilko Veenema (85), Slochteren
• Albertus Jongman (0), Kampen
• Antonius van Vliet (87), Woerden, Nederland
• Albert Jans Slager (82), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kleijne (83), Nijmegen
• Adrianus van der Ploeg (66), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Albertus Jongman (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje de Haan (62), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Aart Hendrikse Smink (82), Amersfoort

• 1943 » Colin Baker, English actor
• 1943 » Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
• 1943 » Pierre-André Fournier, Roman Catholic archbishop († 2015)
• 1943 » William Calley, American lieutenant
• 1943 » Willie Davenport, American colonel and hurdler († 2002)
• 1944 » Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal
• 1944 » Mark Belanger, American baseball player († 1998)
• 1945 » Derek Underwood, English cricketer
• 1945 » Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet († 2014)

• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)

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.
• March 18 » Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
• March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
• August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
• September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
• October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.
• November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

The temperature on June 8, 1944 was between 9.2 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.