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• Heinz Oestreich, Schluchtern (Duitsland) († 2006)
• Jacob Cornelis van Oeveren, Duivendijke († 2002)
• Migchelbrink, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Johan Antonie Licht, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Henrica Leonarda Engelina Maria van Lieshout († 2014)
• Bertha Mae Bastian, Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois, United States († 2021)
• Derk van Bolhuis, Zevenhuizen, Gem. Leek († 2008)
• Aria van den Berg, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Eleanor Faye BARTMAN († 1943)
• Freddy SIEMES († 2018)

• Anna Christina Martina Boers (60), Rotterdam
• Blokland (0), Renkum
• Adrianus Timmermans (82), Rotterdam
• Aleida Christina Kalthoff (79), Utrecht
• Bauke de Jong (68), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arend de Weger (91), Gouda
• Aart Volkers (78), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Bauke Lieuwes de Jong (68), Groningen
• Abraham Mozes Polak (82), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Arie de Leest (22), Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1941 » J. J. Jackson, American soul/R&B singer, songwriter, and arranger
• 1942 » Douglas Trumbull, American director, producer, and special effects artist
• 1942 » Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics († 2006)
• 1943 » Chris Orr, English painter and illustrator
• 1943 » James Herbert, English author and illustrator († 2013)
• 1943 » Michael Bennett, American dancer, choreographer, and director († 1987)
• 1943 » Miller Farr, American football player
• 1944 » Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor († 2017)
• 1944 » Odd Nerdrum, Swedish-Norwegian painter and illustrator

• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)

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.
• February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
• February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
• March 3 » World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
• August 29 » World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
• November 3 » World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.
• November 6 » The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.

The temperature on April 8, 1943 was between 1.0 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.