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• Cornelis Andreas Tonnet, Ginneken en Bavel, Nederland († 1991)
• Johanna Catharina Becks, Arnhem († 1993)
• Spier, Emmer-Compascuum Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 1944)
• Beerta, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Lambert Doldersum († 2004)
• Adrianus Floris, Zuid-Scharwoude († 2003)
• Albert Frederik van der Meulen, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annie (Anna Maria) Meekel, Edam († 2020)
• Jansje Hek, terschelling-oosterend († 1995)
• Jan Arie Klein Hesselink († 2007)

• Abraham Johannes Wilhelmus Krijts (79), Barneveld
• Antonie MILLECAM (24), Maagdenburg, DUITSLAND
• Adrianus Dammers (48), Ruinen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Arie Kluft (35), Limmen
• Anna Catharina Wilhelmina de Graaf (5), Amsterdam
• Arend Putman (17), Ruinen
• Aaltje Jans van der Meer (60), Oldeholtpade, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abraham Johannes Wilhelmus Krijts (79), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Evert Postel (90), Lochem
• Antonie Millicam, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1942 » Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records
• 1943 » Nelson Briles, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2005)
• 1943 » Sammi Smith, American country music singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1944 » Christopher Gunning, English composer
• 1945 » Loni Anderson, American actress
• 1946 » Bob McCarthy, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1946 » Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
• 1946 » Erika Slezak, American actress
• 1946 » Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter († 2006)
• 1946 » Shirley Ann Jackson, American physicist

• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

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 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
• July 21 » World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
• September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
• September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
• October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
• November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.

The temperature on August 5, 1944 was between 13.6 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.