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• Antonia Josina van Osch, Gemonde, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Esther Andrea Espinosa, Amsterdam, the Netherlands († 1943)
• Geoffreij Jozef Bertina Inghels, Koewacht (NL) († 1943)
• Geoffreij Jozef Bertina Maria Inghels, HULST (NL) († 1943)
• M.C. Van Zanten, Den Haag, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1964)
• Arvid G Slagter, Priam, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota († 2011)
• Mathieu Billen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• Margje Roelofs Drent, Gieten, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1943)
• Adrianus Bos, Dordrecht († 2009)
• Roselyn P. "Rosie" Groen, Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA († 2015)

• Anna VAN DER ZANDE = Zande (59), Waupun (Do)
• Alfred Edward John Cavendish (83)
• Albertus Geitenbeek (67), Arnhem
• Anna Petronella Boulet (67), Someren
• Adolphus Leander Taylor (84)
• AUGUST FLORENT CANOO (69), Berchem (O.-Vl.), 9690, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Aleida Knoop (61), Almelo
• Alice Lorvig (47), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Philippina Hoppenbrouwer (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bakx (54), Etten-Leur

• 1940 » Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer († 2000)
• 1940 » Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet († 2008)
• 1940 » Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
• 1941 » Terry Biddlecombe, English jockey († 2014)
• 1942 » Bo Hopkins, American actor
• 1942 » Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor
• 1944 » Geoffrey Hughes, English actor († 2012)
• 1944 » Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator
• 1945 » John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic

• 1939 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1942 » Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)

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.
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
• August 17 » World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
• August 27 » World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
• September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
• September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
• October 21 » World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.

The temperature on February 2, 1943 was between 5.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.