About the day » Friday April 16, 1943Calender converter

• Geesje Dieckman († 2021)
• Arthur Robert Montsinger, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR († 2018)
• Harm Haak, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2020)
• Bernardina Dorregeest, Amsterdam († 1947)
• Jack Joe Agena, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2011)
• Anton Meijer, Amsterdam (NH, NLD) († 1943)
• Aty van Roemburg, Nigtevecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2021)
• Aaltje van der Wal, Birdaard († 1946)
• Antonia Jacoba Maria Lambregts, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Johann Gerhard - Jo Bürmann, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)

• Abraham Goudsmit (82), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Abraham Agsteribbe (9), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Aart van Maastrigt (72), Amersfoort
• Aart van Maastricht, Amersfoort
• Abraham de Lange (40), Sobibor (PL)
• Aaron Querido (22), Sobibor, Polen
• Abraham Hamme (60), Sobibor PL
• Abraham Boers (58), Sobibor, Lublin, Poland
• Abraham Slier (77), Sobibor, Polen
• Abraham Hamme (60), Sobibor

• 1940 » Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1940 » David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
• 1940 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
• 1941 » Allan Segal, American director and producer († 2012)
• 1942 » Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher
• 1942 » Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team
• 1943 » Lonesome Dave Peverett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)
• 1943 » John Watkins, Australian cricketer
• 1943 » Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman
• 1945 » Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician

• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)

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.
• March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
• March 6 » Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
• April 13 » World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
• September 10 » World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.
• September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.

The temperature on April 16, 1943 was between 8.0 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.