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Born on Wednesday October 6, 1943
- Ineke Johanna Josephina Alenson, Amsterdam († 2009)
- Julia De bruyn, Mechelen († 2016)
- Madeleine Vandormael, Sint-Truiden, België († 2016)
- Alberta Johanna de Vries, Deventer († 2012)
- Albertje Suurd, Peize († 2003)
- Esther Margaretha Swart, Camp Westerbork († 1944)
- Larry Earl Fowler, Horry County, South Carolina († 1991)
- Judith A Spencer, Runnells, Polk, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
- Anton Hendrik Kap, Arnhem, Nederland († 2001)
- Johanna Irma Agnes Emmanuel Vanneste, Kortrijk West-Vlaanderen († 2002)
Died on Wednesday October 6, 1943
- Amanda Elvera Byrum ***** (87), Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
- Anna Wilhelmina Geertruida Maria Weenink (82), Winterswijk (Gd)
- Arnoldus Leonardus Reinerus Schelbergen (18), Broekhuizen, Limburg, Nederland
- Antje Bakkum (62), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Annigje Annichje Oosting (68), Coevorden Drenthe Nederland
- Adriaan Peetoom (79), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Aalbert Ernsten (37), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
- Adrianus Francisens van den \ Dobbelsteen (77), Beuningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Adrianus Johannes KORTEWEG (59), Alkmaar
- Albert Kamping (69), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 6, 1943 at Delpher
Born on October 6
- 1942 » Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
- 1942 » Dan Christensen, American painter († 2007)
- 1942 » Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor († 2009)
- 1943 » Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
- 1943 » Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
- 1943 » Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia
- 1943 » Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
- 1944 » Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
- 1944 » Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter
- 1944 » Patrick Cordingley, English general
Died on October 6
- 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
- 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
- 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
- 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
- 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
- 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
- 1959 » Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (b. 1865)
- 1962 » Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1880)
- 1968 » Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1917)
- 1969 » Walter Hagen, American golfer (b. 1892)
Names that were popular for boys in 1943
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Arie
- Robert
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1943
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Margaretha
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Aaltje
- Helena
- Alida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1943
- 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 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
- March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
- May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
- August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
- November 23 » World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
- December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
Weather October 6, 1943
The temperature on October 6, 1943 was between 7.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.