About the day » Wednesday August 9, 1944Calender converter

• Augustinus, Bernardus, petrus Janssens, Rucphen († 2003)
• Julien RIBBENS, Leeuwergem († 2010)
• Hermien Wemmenhove, Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Nicolaas Breij, Haarlem († 1998)
• Eunice Louise Lush († 1945)
• Frida Stapelberg, Den Ham († 2019)
• Drupsteen, Hasselt
• levenloos geboren kind († 1944)
• Anthonia Kerpershoek, Katwijk († 2019)
• Kees Jansen († 2016)

• Alphonse Vilrokx (58), Valkenswaard
• Abraham van Kuil (21), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• AALTJE VAN KOETSVELD (79), Barneveld
• Alphonsius Bernardus van de Vijver (83), Zuiddorpe
• Aäron Vleesdrager (28), Blechhammer, Extern Kommando, Katowice, Poland
• Aaltje Aldertdr Breebaart (70), Grootebroek, Nederland
• Nn Hulst (0), Staphorst
• Alexander Rankin (21), Normandy, France
• Aleta Helena Otzen (84), Wassenaar, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Leeuwis (31), Voorschoten

• 1943 » Ken Norton, American boxer and actor († 2013)
• 1944 » George Armstrong, English footballer († 2000)
• 1944 » John Simpson, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Patricia McKissack, American soldier, engineer, and author
• 1944 » Patrick Depailler, French racing driver († 1980)
• 1944 » Sam Elliott, American actor and producer
• 1945 » Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1945 » Barbara Delinsky, American author
• 1945 » Posy Simmonds, English author and illustrator
• 1945 » Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player († 2004)

• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, 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.
• March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
• June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
• September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
• December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

The temperature on August 9, 1944 was between 11.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.