About the day » Saturday July 29, 1944Calender converter

• Schuitema, Aduard († 1944)
• Jacobus Sentel, Benthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• DOODGEBOREN ZOON VERKADE, DELFT († 1944)
• Hendrikus Wilhelmus Baijens, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Hendrikje Pinkster († 1988)
• Evelyn Sue Thurman, Honaker, Russell County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Adriana Catherine Renwick, Vancouver (Canada) († 2003)
• Janice Elaine Vogel, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• cornelia paulina maria KLOKKENBURG, oud-beijerland († 2022)
• Jos Rovers, Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)

• Christiaan Vos (41), Hoogeveen
• Benedictus Wilhelmus Hubertus Westerhuis (25), Oost-Europa
• Adriana Helena Maria Kitslaar (61), Den Bosch
• Constant Joseph Antoon JANSSENS (61), Weimar, Hessen, Germany
• Adriana Scholte (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Stuivenberg (27), Ter Aar (Korteraar)
• Arij Gerardus Bach (68), Rotterdam
• Achille Camille Struyve (68), Poperinge,8970,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Bernardus Petrus van Wolde (63), Den Haag
• Alfred Edwards (45), At Sea

• 1942 » Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1943 » David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 1944 » Jim Bridwell, American rock climber and mountaineer
• 1945 » Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1945 » Sharon Creech, American author and educator
• 1946 » Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer
• 1946 » Diane Keen, English actress
• 1946 » Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver
• 1946 » Ximena Armas, Chilean painter

• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)

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 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
• August 20 » World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
• September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
• October 27 » World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
• November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.
• December 16 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.

The temperature on July 29, 1944 was between 11.9 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.