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• francine Berny († 2011)
• Claire Derwa, Sint-Truiden, België († 2023)
• Gemma Johanna Maria Zoet, Alkemade († 1945)
• Geertruida van Hoegee, Zuilen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1944)
• Gemma Joanna Maria Zoet, Roelofarendsveen, ZH, The Netherlands († 1945)
• Gijsberta Antonia Snelders, Rotterdam
• Jacob Ilbrink, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Jacob Meuleman, IJsselmuiden († 1990)
• Catharina Adriana Petronella Jacoba Dimphina Maria Swinkels, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Elly Rhee, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1984)

• Adrianus van Sprang (77), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alena Johanna Wagenaar (53), Hengelo
• Clara Theodora Huijg (58), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ailcey Adeline Nance (81), Carroll County, Missouri
• Antonie Hutman (61), Nijverdal (Hellendoorn)
• Bartje Bartha Meerding (70), Rotterdam (NL)
• Arie Baas (67), ,, Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Aartje Dop (67)
• Annie Grace Shepard (75), Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
• Kluijtmans (0)

• 1943 » Colin Dann, English author
• 1943 » Jean-Claude Killy, French skier
• 1943 » Nigel Hall, English sculptor and academic
• 1943 » Robert Crumb, American illustrator
• 1943 » Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1944 » Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist, and academic
• 1944 » Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian
• 1944 » Molly Ivins, American journalist and author († 2007)
• 1944 » Tug McGraw, American baseball player († 2004)

• 1938 » Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)
• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)
• 1943 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)
• 1947 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)

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.
• January 27 » World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
• January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
• February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
• February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
• June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
• August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.

The temperature on August 30, 1944 was between 12.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.