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• Adrianus M.G. Feskens, Breda († 2008)
• Daniel Bruce Lindsay, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States († 2007)
• Ine Elisabeth Meilof, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1980)
• Gerda Wessels, Diessen († 2016)
• Alwin Nicolaas Westerhuis, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Dorst, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Ger van Steensel, Bladel en Netersel († 1987)
• Cornelia Maria Gijben, Rijswijk († 1944)
• Jacobus Anthonius Joseph Maria (Jacques) van der Weiden, Haarlem († 2015)
• Carola Bosch, Gronau († 2014)

• Aaltje van der Weerd (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana Elizabeth Prins (92), Zwolle
• Ad Beerens (0), Loon op Zand
• Adriana Leek (84), Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alof Boer (36), Kassel, Hessen, Duitsland
• Aldegonda Barbara SMOLDERS (41), Maasbree, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje van der Meer
• Adrianus Beerens (0), Tilburg
• Alida Jacoba Herveij (53), Amsterdam
• Alida Jacoba HERVIJ (53), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1941 » Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 » John Elliott, Australian businessman
• 1943 » Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
• 1943 » Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
• 1944 » Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
• 1944 » Roy Horn, German-American magician and actor
• 1945 » Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1945 » Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
• 1945 » Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster

• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)

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 23 » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
• March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
• May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
• October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
• October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
• November 5 » World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.

The temperature on October 3, 1943 was between 2.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.