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• Heijltje KOFFEMAN, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelis Harmen "Cees" van der Niet, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Pieter Clement COLLA, Zutendaal (Limburg) (B) († 1952)
• Cees van Kesteren († 1975)
• Geneviève Marchandise, Bruxelles, Belgique († 2011)
• Antje Zwartepoorte, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)
• Aart van den Brink, Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• James David Poppell, Screven, Wayne, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 1945)
• Lubartus Petrus van Loon, Hillegom († 1991)
• N. Pieters, Hillegom († 1943)

• Catharina Stroobants (76), Watermaal-Bosvoorde (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) België-Belgium
• Charles Joseph Florent COLLARD (81), Hampteau, 6990, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Antonius Kerkhof (27), Utrecht
• Adriana Cornelia Petronella Johanna Leppers (0), Eindhoven
• Abraham Berg (74), Westerbork,Gemeente Midden-Drente,Drente
• Arnold Arian (35), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Anna Marie Emilie Noack (72), Berlin
• Alida Gesina Schaad (69), Rotterdam
• Anna Noack (73)
• Cornelia Maria Cornelis Leppers (45), Eindhoven

• 1940 » Darrell "Dash" Crofts, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1941 » Connie Smith, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Lionel Morton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and television presenter
• 1942 » Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1943 » Ben Sidran, American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer
• 1943 » Ronnie Campbell, English miner and politician
• 1944 » John Dunt, English admiral
• 1945 » Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 » Wim Wenders, German director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
• 1956 » Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)

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 9 » World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
• July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
• September 7 » A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.

The temperature on August 14, 1943 was between 9.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.