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Born on Thursday February 25, 1943
Died on Thursday February 25, 1943

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 25, 1943 at Delpher


Born on February 25
  • 1937 » Bob Schieffer, American political author, journalist and TV interviewer
  • 1937 » Tom Courtenay, award-winning English actor
  • 1938 » Farokh Engineer, Indian international cricketer; successful as batsman and wicketkeeper
  • 1938 » Herb Elliott, Australian 1500 metres runner; 1960 Olympic champion and world record holder
  • 1940 » Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2010)
  • 1941 » David Puttnam, English film producer and academic
  • 1943 » George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and film producer; lead guitarist of The Beatles († 2001)
  • 1944 » François Cevert, French racing driver († 1973)
  • 1946 » Jean Todt, French racing driver and team manager; FIA President, 2009–2021
  • 1947 » Lee Evans, American sprinter and athletics coach; two gold medals and world 400m record at 1968 Olympics

Died on February 25

Names that were popular for boys in 1943
  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. Jacob
  15. Gerardus
  16. Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1943
  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

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.
  • February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
  • February 27 » In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
  • March 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
  • June 25 » The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
  • August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
  • November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
Weather February 25, 1943

The temperature on February 25, 1943 was between -0.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI