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• Howard Jenkins, Sandy Ridge, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Hepke de Wit, Grootegast († 1943)
• Hendrika (Rika) Baalman, Onstwedde († 2018)
• Hessel Jacob Pieter Wiltjer, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• -♂- van Eer, district Stad, Curaçao († 1943)
• Andries PALS, Diever Drenthe Netherlands († 1998)
• Johannes Hendricus Adrianus van der Slot, Voorhout († 2015)
• Christina Ahrens, amsterdam, Nederland († 2004)
• Heiko Edens, Zuidbroek, Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 2019)
• Catharina Johanna Maria (Ria) Derksen, Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland († 2006)

• Bernardus Nicolaas Admiraal (67), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Ingenate Petronella Hoek (48), Zuidland
• Adriaan Luteijn (73), Groede (Sluis), Zeeland, Nederland
• Algernon Francis Holford FERGUSON (76)
• Dijk (0), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Apolonia Antonia Johanna van Alphen (56), Breda
• Alice Justin (61), Buras, Plaquemines, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Apolonia Johanna SONNENBERG (85), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaan Luteijn (73), Groede, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana Johanna Schaven (81), Utrecht (stad), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1940 » Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon
• 1941 » Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1943 » Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and author († 2007)
• 1943 » Percy Hobson, Australian high jumper
• 1943 » Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor († 2017)
• 1945 » Aleka Papariga, Greek accountant and politician
• 1945 » Peter Pace, American general
• 1945 » Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, Russian fencer and coach

• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
• 1942 » George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (b. 1863)
• 1951 » Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)

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.
• March 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
• April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
• September 12 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
• September 30 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.

The temperature on November 5, 1943 was between -3.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.