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• Cornelis Hermanus Maria van den Berg, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Bernard Griffioen, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1950)
• Bernard Griffioen, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Mary Magdalena Catharina Frerichs, Beverwijk († 1943)
• Jan Zoet, Elburg († 1989)
• Duane R. Daniels, McConnelsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 2002)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Maria Overberg († 2019)
• Eduard Halff, Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)
• John Henry Hoogewerf, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Schavemaker, Warmond († 2017)

• Carel Frederik FRUMAU (67), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Vos (56), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexander Allison (65), Center Creek, Wasatch, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Alice Rotsart De Hertaing (85), Gent, 9000, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Bartholomeus Baudoin (79), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Pieternella Schram (43), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barto Rouwkema (84), Steenwijk
• Alton Hiett Chappell (38), Lyman, Wayne, Utah
• Anna Neuvel (77), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Boon (32), de Prins Hendrik polder (Texel)

• 1940 » Jackie Smith, American football player
• 1940 » Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1941 » Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1943 » Bobby Mitchell, American golfer († 2018)
• 1943 » Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1944 » Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
• 1944 » Florian Fricke, German keyboard player and composer († 2001)
• 1944 » Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2014)
• 1945 » Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
• 1946 » Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)

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. Jacob
15. Gerardus
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 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
• March 14 » The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
• April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
• May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
• June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
• August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.

The temperature on February 23, 1943 was between 0.9 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.