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• Cornelia GROENEVELD († 2012)
• Ingrid Kers, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1988)
• Joseph Pieter Nicolaas Deen, Bovenkarspel († 2002)
• Manoel Delfim Pires, Carrazedo, Bragança, Portugal († 1987)
• Fritz Hamhuis, Hengelo († 1980)
• J. J. R. Gosselink († 2004)
• Gabriel Karel Arickx, Aarsele († 1991)
• Lisette Rutteman, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Liesette Rutteman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 2007)
• Dirceu Antonio Rodrigues, Porangaba, São Paulo, Brasil († 1981)

• Anna Maria Juliana Louws, Venray, Nederland
• Alida Vegelin van Claerbergen (74), Zeist,Gemeente Zeist,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Adriana Maas (78), Waalwijk
• Kamirah, Malang, East Java, Indonesia
• Antonie van den Bos (68), Lopik
• Anna Gijsbertha de Joode (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Verschoor de la Houssaije (66), Middelburg, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria van dE Raad (69), Noordwijk
• Antje de Vries (49), Zutphen
• Alfons Karel Sprengers (69), Westerlo, België

• 1942 » Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician († 1994)
• 1942 » Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar and activist († 1980)
• 1943 » Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker († 2012)
• 1943 » Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish singer, author and director († 2001)
• 1944 » B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player († 2006)
• 1944 » Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist
• 1944 » Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
• 1945 » Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director

• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)

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 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.
• May 17 » World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
• 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.
• October 17 » The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
• October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
• November 22 » Lebanon gains independence from France.

The temperature on March 23, 1943 was between -0.8 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.