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• Adrianus Henricus Petrus Huijskens, Breda († 2009)
• Hendrik Antoni Johan Stomphorst, Hilversum († 2020)
• Hendrica Francisca Mesman, Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1943)
• Johannes Middelbosch, Den Haag († 1948)
• Karel Pieter de Best, Rijnsburg († 2000)
• Frans Nicolai, Harkema-Opeinde († 2012)
• Marc EECKHOUT, Idegem (B) († 2010)
• Ernest Ferdinant (Ernie) Zaalberg van Zelst, Nijmegen († 2014)
• Ginette Céliane LEPERLIER, Saint-Leu,97416,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1967)
• Jan Stoeten († 2014)

• Arend van de Wetering (84), Elburg, Nederland
• Antje Andries Hoekstra (84), Veenwouden
• Antje Reus (85), Grootebroek
• Antje Out (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Verbakel (59), Helmond
• Abraham van Ewijk (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Magrieta de Vries (73), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Andries Hoekstra (84), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda RAAFS (61), Oeffelt, 4054, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petronella van der Sneppen (46), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1941 » Norman Stone, Scottish-English historian, author, and academic († 2019)
• 1942 » Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper
• 1942 » Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor
• 1943 » Dionysis Simopoulos, Greek physicist and astronomer
• 1943 » Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer († 2010)
• 1943 » Michael Grade, English businessman
• 1943 » Susan Clark, Canadian actress and producer
• 1944 » Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Jim Chapman, American lawyer and politician
• 1945 » Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor

• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)

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.
• April 30 » World War II: The British submarine HMSSeraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
• May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
• May 16 » The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
• July 11 » World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
• September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
• September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.

The temperature on March 8, 1943 was between -0.6 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.