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• MARGARETHA Grootveld († 2013)
• Hendrik Johannes Smeding, Den Helder, NH, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Smit († 2015)
• Franciscus Munckhof, van den
• Elisabertus Jans van Kalsbeek, Ferwoude, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Els Mathijssen († 2022)
• Louis Franciscus van Hees, Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland († 1943)
• Carla June Statton, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States († 2005)
• Maria Anna Muris, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1989)
• Antoinetta Maria Koehorst, Avereest († 1943)

• Antje Tjerks Hornstra (76), Drachten
• Alida Tamminga (25), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alois Lebegge (80), Outgaarden
• Annetta van Leeuwen (72), Arnhem
• Albert Claudius van Naerssen (39), No.6 Branch Camp of Thai POW Camp at Kinsaiyok village, Thailand
• Anetta van Leeuwen (72), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Volkers (58), Brookings, South Dakota, VS
• Anthonie van de Perel (77), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfons Rasschaert (80)
• Adriana Anlina Loots (73), Groningen

• 1941 » Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author
• 1941 » Shirley Stelfox, English actress († 2015)
• 1942 » Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 2014)
• 1942 » Hattie Gossett, American writer
• 1942 » James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
• 1943 » Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer († 2019)
• 1943 » John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician
• 1944 » John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Peter Barfuß, German footballer
• 1945 » John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic

• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)

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.
• February 7 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
• March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
• April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
• June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
• August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.

The temperature on April 11, 1943 was between 8.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.