About the day » Saturday January 2, 1943Calender converter

• Levenloos kind de Vries, Oldemark, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1943)
• Dirk Pieter Felthuis, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Josette BRAEM, Comines,7780,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 1998)
• Maria Herben, Cadier en Keer († 2010)
• Uilke de Boer, Hieslum († 2021)
• Frank(lin) Triezenberg († 1997)
• Gert Radsma, Haarlem († 2010)
• Johanna Margaretha Wilhelmina KAPTEIJN, Alphen aan de Rijn († 2015)
• Cleon Lester Williams, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Linda Lee Gerrez, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2016)

• Antoniea Huizinga (72), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Lambrechts (65), Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Grimm (76), Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Egelina Arnolda Anne Maria Petrus Athanasius Maria Vermeeren, Oss
• Abraham Doof (56), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Aafke Douma (62), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Wind (27), Indonesië
• Annie Marks (68), Baltimore, MD
• Aaltjen Paalman (59), Losser, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Krechting- (62), Ubbergen, Nederland

• 1940 » Jim Bakker, American televangelist
• 1940 » Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2015)
• 1942 » Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1942 » Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat
• 1943 » Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer († 2004)
• 1944 » Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1944 » Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1944 » Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 1947 » Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 » David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic

• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)

• 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 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
• 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 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
• July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
• August 29 » World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
• December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

The temperature on January 2, 1943 was between 0.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.