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• Dina de Fauw, Barneveld († 1943)
• Daniel Cailliau, Frameries, 7080, Henegouwen († 2017)
• Aapko Geert Sportel, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1996)
• CORNELIA BRONS, BARNEVELD († 2020)
• Jan Wilpshaar, Gramsbergen († 1962)
• Andre BEX, Alken (B) († 2019)
• Birdie Bertha Reagan, Iowa († 1977)
• Elisabeth Johanna Maria Meulenbroek, Schijndel († 2022)
• Jan Geurts, Echt, Netherlands († 2013)
• Hubert François Johann Preuss, Malmedy, Belgique († 2004)

• Abraham Da Costa Da Fonceca (83), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Aaldert Jan Engberts (50), Groningen
• Aäron Bobbe (15), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• "Aloys" Geza Georg Hubert Maria von und zu Liechtenstein (44), Buzowka, Russie
• Abraham Bilderbeek (56), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Abraham Manus MANHEIM (60), Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
• Abraham GANS (15), Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland
• Adriaan Nicolaas Leemans (47), Den Helder
• Abraham van Rhijn (75), Auschwitz-Birkenau, Polen-Doodsoorzaak: vermoord
• Aaltje Baruch (61)

• 1941 » David Gross, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, English politician
• 1942 » Cyrus Chothia, English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology († 2019)
• 1942 » Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman
• 1942 » Paul Krause, American football player and politician
• 1942 » Will Provine, American biologist, historian, and academic († 2015)
• 1943 » Homer Hickam, American author and engineer
• 1943 » Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 » Tim Hunt, English biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate
• 1944 » Les Hinton, English-American journalist and businessman

• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

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.
• January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
• April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• November 26 » World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
• December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
• December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.

The temperature on February 19, 1943 was between -1.3 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.