About the day » Wednesday January 20, 1943Calender converter

• Martinus Anthonius van der Sluis, Grootebroek († 2010)
• Catharina A (Trijn) Mooyer Mooijer († 2024)
• Hennie ROERDINKHOLDER († 1996)
• Alida Francisca Johanna van Dijk († 1945)
• Hans Bos, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Kars Wielink, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)
• Gerda de Vries, Beemster († 2020)
• Marinus Carolus DE BIE, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Maria Albertha Francisca Albers, Diepenveen († 2003)
• MARIA MERCEDES SIMMONDS TRUJILLO († 2000)

• Alida van der Kooij (63), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Bastiana Nijhof (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Wilhelmina Johanna Mous (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Rijnshof (55)
• Adriana de Leeuw (74), Hoedekenskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Theodora Uiting (80), Voorschoten
• Alida TORREN, van der (91), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van der Torre (91), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Drost (79), Zwollerkerspel
• Aart van Willis (87)

• 1940 » Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress
• 1940 » Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
• 1940 » Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali († 2009)
• 1942 » Linda Moulton Howe, American journalist and producer
• 1944 » Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1944 » José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
• 1944 » Pat Parker, African American poet
• 1945 » Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster († 2013)
• 1945 » Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Arie
11. Robert
12. Adrianus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Jacob
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Alida

• 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 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
• July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
• September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
• October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.
• October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
• November 5 » World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.

The temperature on January 20, 1943 was between 0.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.