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• Johannes Aloysius Josephus Piët († 1944)
• Boudewijn Michel Josephus Deurvorst, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1944)
• Koos Beekink, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Laurentius Petrus Blankendaal, Tuitjenhorn († 2019)
• Johannes Jacobus Schimmel, Bussum (Gooise Meren) († 1944)
• Allen Lee GARRINGER, Jay County († 1944)
• Jacobus Johannes Antonius Rutten, Venray († 1945)
• Jannetje van Diermen, Spakenburg († 1999)
• Anneke Meilink († 1944)
• Johannes (Han) Booij, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Albartus Roskam (86), Utrecht
• Allen Lee GARRINGER (0), Jay County
• Aalt Bout (10), Huizen
• Albertje Luchies (87), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Wagenaar (77), Losser
• Anna Lubartus LYCKLAMA À NIJEHOLT (81), Haarlem Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Antonius Koning Konings (82), Etten-Leur, NL
• Albartus Roskam (86), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Maria Hoefsmit (55), Rotterdam
• Anna Margaretha Netelenbos (66), Zeist

• 1941 » Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1942 » C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator
• 1944 » Archie Bell, American soul singer-songwriter and musician
• 1944 » Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer
• 1945 » Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemeni general and politician, 2nd President of Yemen
• 1945 » Mustafa Balel, Turkish author and translator
• 1946 » Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1946 » Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea († 2009)
• 1946 » Shalom Hanoch, Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer
• 1947 » Al Green, American lawyer and politician

• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)

• 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.
• April 16 » World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
• April 25 » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
• September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
• October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
• December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

The temperature on September 1, 1944 was between 9.7 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.