About the day » Tuesday February 16, 1943Calender converter

• Delroy S Shandrew, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States († 1946)
• Celestine Bertha Louise BRAUNS, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Cornelia W.A. Avontuur, Gilze en Rijen († 2002)
• Alan Robinson AROB05.ALA01, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England († 2004)
• Grada Maria Maas, Slagharen († 2018)
• Jannie Oosting, Sleen († 2010)
• Gijsbert Teunis Jan Hobo, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2017)
• Harrie van den Bungelaar, Wilbertoord,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Bertus Weijman, Wageningen,Gemeente Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Berendina Maria Grada (Dinie) Reintjes, Herwen en Aerdt († 2018)

• * Jan Vliegenthart (68), Koudekerk aan de Rijn
• Anna Maria Minke (79), Beuningen
• Adrianus Saarberg (77), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Klop (0), Zuilichem
• Arie Teunisz Ouwehand (79), Leiden
• Alphonsus Cornelis Deckers (13), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert B Medlin (53), Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States of America
• Adrianus Brussaard (75), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Boetje (69), Achtkarspelen
• Arie Ouwehand (79), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1938 » John Corigliano, American composer and academic
• 1939 » Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino lawyer and judge
• 1940 » Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer († 1979)
• 1941 » Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea († 2011)
• 1942 » Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach
• 1944 » António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde († 2016)
• 1944 » Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
• 1944 » Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
• 1944 » Sigiswald Kuijken, Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor
• 1947 » Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician († 2020)

• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)

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.
• January 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
• January 18 » Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
• March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
• July 19 » World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
• August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.

The temperature on February 16, 1943 was between 1.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.