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• Gerrit Vreugdenhil, Kampen († 1945)
• Eva Cornelia Kooijman († 2012)
• Lammert Klaas Kruit, Zuidhorn († 2022)
• Henk van Essen, Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 1978)
• Helena Petronella van Vuuren, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Johannes Hendriks, Nijmegen († 1998)
• Sandra Sue Wagoner, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California († 1983)
• Sietske Hogeveen († 1995)
• Josephus Marie Hubertus SPRONKEN, Maastricht († 2004)
• Neeltje van der Nagel, Woubrugge († 2016)

• Adrianus Gerard Raap (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adelbertus Lampe (91), Rotterdam
• Anje Veenstra (66), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Tiel (80), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Collier (89), Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bies (Affourtit) (53), Oss, NB, Nederland
• Annigje BENEN (78), Wierden(Ov)
• Anna Hendrina Dingemans (66), Kerkwijk
• Antje Pieters Veenstra (66), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje van Diepen (64), Bloemendaal, Nederland

• 1943 » Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1943 » Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author († 2014)
• 1943 » Lucius Shepard, American author and critic († 2014)
• 1943 » Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer
• 1944 » Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas
• 1944 » Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 » Basil Poledouris, Greek-American composer, conductor († 2006)
• 1945 » Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author
• 1945 » Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player
• 1945 » Willie Lanier, American football player

• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

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.
• February 17 » World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins: The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
• June 7 » World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
• August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
• 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 11 » The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
• November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.

The temperature on August 21, 1944 was between 12.0 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.