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• Johannes Adrianus Thomas Akkermans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Bobby Levon Lanier († 1943)
• Gerrit de Vries († 2006)
• Bastiaan Cornelis van der Ent Braat, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Hendrik Johannes Maria (Hein) WOLTERS, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Anthonia Helena Catharina de Zeeuw, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Rebecca Lea Kanes, Westerblokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• van Iersel, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Maria Antoinetta Susanna Esders, Emmen, Netherlands († 1976)
• Jerome Phillip Goedhart, Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa († 2024)

• Bouwe Visser (55), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Roverts (75), IJsselstein
• Boij FRENK (21), Germany
• Adolf Hermanus Hulspas (28), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Alberts (57), Eexta gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Anna Jäschke (71), Neurode
• Aurora Heyn (40), Norwood Park, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Josephina Helena Teunissen (74), Rosmalen, S-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albert Borkent (69), Rijssen
• Arie Verkaik (35), Dortmund (Duitsland)

• 1941 » Alan M. Roberts, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol
• 1942 » Jimmy Soul, American pop-soul singer († 1988)
• 1942 » Max Cleland, American captain and politician
• 1942 » Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, English businessman
• 1943 » John Cipollina, American rock guitarist († 1989)
• 1944 » Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1996)
• 1944 » Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut († 1986)
• 1944 » Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1944 » Rocky Johnson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer († 2020)
• 1945 » Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)

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 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
• 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.
• May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
• August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
• September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
• September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.

The temperature on August 24, 1943 was between 9.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.