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• Petronella Wilhelmina Cornelia Maria Faes, Gilze en Rijen
• Margje Gunnink, Zevenhuizen († 2024)
• Lyons Robert George Lucas, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada († 2023)
• Luitje Broekema, Stavoren, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• Marius van den Heuvel († 2009)
• Marinus Bernhard Seckel, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Cornelia van Es, Heerhugowaard († 2008)
• Maria Louisa Haagmans, Vaals, Nederland († 1945)
• Nn van der Toorn, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Arent (Arie) Brilstra, Noordhorn ( Zuidhorn) († 2008)

• Adrianus Josephus van Irsel (47), Raamsdonksveer, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aleida Pot (60), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Lieuwes FABER (57), Zeist Utrecht Netherlands
• Adalbrecht zu Erbach-Fürstenau (83), Krähenberg (Dld)
• Aafke de Vries (74), Spijk, gem. Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Maria Boonstra (45), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Albertus Maria van der Klaauw (26), Heerenveen
• Aardt Barendsen (69)
• Ananiäs Ananias (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Roedoe (44), Rotterdam

• 1942 » Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2006)
• 1942 » Pierre Clémenti, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1943 » George W. S. Trow, American novelist, playwright, and critic († 2006)
• 1943 » Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player
• 1943 » Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman
• 1944 » Marcia Muller, American journalist and author
• 1944 » Richie Karl, American golfer
• 1945 » Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
• 1945 » Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist († 2011)
• 1945 » Marielle Goitschel, French skier

• 1935 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (b. 1930)
• 1943 » Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (b. 1913)
• 1949 » Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)
• 1953 » Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1956 » William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925)

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 22 » World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
• April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• June 20 » World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
• September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
• October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
• November 19 » World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.

The temperature on September 28, 1944 was between 4.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.