About the day » Tuesday June 8, 1943Calender converter

• Evert Idema, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 2013)
• Kjell Arnold Håkonsen, Saeter, Gildeskål, Nordland, Norge († 1984)
• Johannes Joosten († 1979)
• Helena Margaretha Scheltinga, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Grietje Weggemans, Westerbork,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1945)
• Cobie van Es († 1952)
• Delma Kittrell <K ObtUSS>3, Tarrytown, Montgomery County, Georgia op († 2011)
• Lucien Arthur Bonapart, Nickerie, Suriname († 2020)
• Ghislain LETOUCHE, Bassilly, 7830, Hainaut, Belgique († 2013)
• Francine PUT, Hasselt († 1944)

• Bastiaan Polderman de Jong (73), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Adriana Sulsters (66), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Joseph Stolk (63), Rotterdam,-
• Arnoldus Josephus Stolk (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der LEER (80), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Kroeze (65), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Barend van Rijnbeek (74)
• Anna Bakker (47), Velsen
• Aaltje Wytzes TERPSTRA (74), Dantumadiel Friesland Netherlands
• Arie Nellestijn (76), Driebergen-Rijsenburg

• 1942 » Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
• 1942 » Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
• 1943 » Colin Baker, English actor
• 1943 » Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
• 1943 » Pierre-André Fournier, Roman Catholic archbishop († 2015)
• 1943 » William Calley, American lieutenant
• 1943 » Willie Davenport, American colonel and hurdler († 2002)
• 1944 » Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal
• 1944 » Mark Belanger, American baseball player († 1998)

• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)

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.
• January 15 » World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
• March 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
• March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
• April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
• June 3 » In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
• July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.

The temperature on June 8, 1943 was between 8.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.