About the day » Tuesday August 31, 1943Calender converter

• Maria Theresia Braet, Westkapelle († 2005)
• Verniers († 1943)
• Jeri Lee Hale, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States († 2016)
• Anthonius Maria Goes, Utrecht († 2021)
• Jan Zoer († 2018)
• Jule Jansje Spijker, Amsterdam
• Elias Stokvisch, Westerbork,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• Gerardus Nicolaas Bakker († 2009)
• Jacob (Jaap) van Beek, Wetering († 2023)
• Koos Timmer, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1992)

• Alberdina Schuurhuis (64), Groningen Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham WABBIJN (85), Gouda
• Alfred Isidore Lewijt (36), Midden Europa
• Verniers (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Klaasz Ruiter (53), Alkmaar, nh.nld
• AÁaron PINTO (49), KÁonigshÁutte (PL)
• * Pietertje Teunisdr Endeveld (69), Utrecht
• Aäron Pinto (49), Königshüte (DE)
• Abraham Gerson Stoppelman (17), Middle Europe
• Aaron Zilverberg (50), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen

• 1941 » Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator († 2012)
• 1941 » William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
• 1942 » Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer
• 1943 » Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
• 1944 » Christine King, English historian and academic
• 1944 » Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer
• 1944 » Liz Forgan, English journalist
• 1944 » Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher
• 1945 » Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
• 1945 » Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter

• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)

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 the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
• 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 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
• September 10 » World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.
• October 31 » World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
• November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.

The temperature on August 31, 1943 was between 9.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.