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• N.N. Kollen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Adriana Cornelia ter Maten, Capelle aan de IJssel
• Antoon van Sloten, Appingedam († 2023)
• Pieter Bruijn, de hoeve 'Ons Genoegen' in den Burg (Texel) († 2008)
• NN Heuvink, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Divera Geertruida van Langen († 2014)
• Jan Gert Bellis, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Johanna Maria (Annie) Souilljee († 2002)
• Leon KAES, 3650 Stokkem,Dilsen-Stokkem,Limburg,Belgium († 1990)
• Cornelis Johannes Schrier, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 2023)

• Albert Taekes Westerbaan (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland Nederland
• Berend ABEEN (75), Westdorp (Borger), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Weide (63), Emmen
• Atje Gerbens de Vries (81), Orange City, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Barry FLANAGAN (2), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Attje Gerbens de Vries (81), Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• * Sophia Martina Pijsel (54), Bandoeng
• Antonia Joanna Kok (58), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Pijpers (38), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus de Klerk (59), Zevenbergen

• 1938 » Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1940 » Wayne Dyer, American author and educator († 2015)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1946 » Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Caroline B. Cooney, American author

• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)

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 7 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
• March 15 » World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov: The Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
• June 25 » The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
• September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
• November 6 » The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.

The temperature on May 10, 1943 was between 4.6 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.