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• Maria Anna van Raam, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Margriet Geertje Francisca Braam, Amersfoort, Nederland († 2003)
• Dirk Keizer († 2009)
• Deborah Elizabeth "Debby" BYE, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Jacoba Dingemanse, Meliskerke, Veere († 2006)
• Jop Pannekoek, Nieuwe Niedorp († 2003)
• Diny van Seeters, Goirle († 2001)
• Frededrik van der Heijden, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Gerard Hoogenboom († 2021)
• Jay Arthur Elgersma, Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa († 2010)

• Antonia Koetsier (73), IJsselmuiden, Nederland
• Aart van den Berg (88), Nunspeet
• Aart van den Berg (88), Nunspeet
• Abraham David Allegro (29), bergen-belsen
• ANA RITA ARANGO OCHOA, Campamento, Antioquia, Colombia
• Abraham Wiertz (70), amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vollenberg (52), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aletta Susanna Meyer (90)
• Anna Maria DROOGMANS (79)
• Adriaan Biesbroeck (74)

• 1941 » Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press († 2006)
• 1942 » Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
• 1942 » Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
• 1942 » K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1942 » Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1943 » Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor († 2004)
• 1943 » Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
• 1944 » Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic († 2015)
• 1945 » Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic

• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)

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 19 » Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
• April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
• June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
• July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
• August 27 » World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
• September 10 » World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.

The temperature on May 15, 1943 was between 7.7 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.