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• Jonnean Ellen Gaydushek, Matanuska Susitna, Alaska, United States of America († 2009)
• Frits van der Velden, Geldrop,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Jantina Meems, Ter-Apel Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland († 2020)
• Johanna (Jo) Doldersum, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)
• Anne Wijbenga († 2008)
• Johanna Willemina (Janny) Klein Buursink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Curtis Clemons, Grayson County, Kentucky († 1943)
• John Anthony POPMA, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2017)
• Johannes Siekmans († 1984)
• Josina Johanna GOEDHART, Dordrecht († 1994)

• Abraham van Haren (70), Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Polen
• Aaldert (Gerrits) Knobbe (18), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Batenburg (63), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Abraham Drilsma (67), Auschwitz
• Albertus Theodorus Schenning (70), Bergh
• Alida Mok (25), het kamp Auschwitz
• Aaldert Knobbe (18), Harderwijk
• Aaltje Ossedrijver (68), Auschwitz, Krakow, Poland
• Abraham MARKUS (73), Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
• Aaltje Brilleman (57), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland

• 1941 » Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1942 » Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman
• 1943 » Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 » Dušan Uhrin, Czech and Slovak footballer and manager
• 1943 » Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.
• 1944 » Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1944 » Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator († 1988)
• 1944 » J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna († 1971)

• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
• 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1954 » Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)

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

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 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
• March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
• March 21 » Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
• April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
• September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
• October 17 » The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.

The temperature on February 5, 1943 was between -0.3 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.