About the day » Wednesday January 20, 1943Calender converter

• Hennie ROERDINKHOLDER († 1996)
• Cornelis (Kees) van Leeuwen, Utrecht († 2012)
• Maria Albertha Francisca Albers, Diepenveen († 2003)
• Francis Hettinger († 2017)
• Cornelis Remmelzwaal, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Hans Mollicone († 2005)
• Martinus Anthonius van der Sluis, Grootebroek († 2010)
• Mary Jane Williams, Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri († 2018)
• Catharina A (Trijn) Mooyer Mooijer († 2024)
• Cornelis Jacobus de Zwart, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)

• Alida van der Torre (91), Rotterdam
• Albertus Menting (84), Bergh
• Aaltje IJzer (79), Groningen
• Alfredus Maria Antonius Vanvuchelen (69), Rummen, België
• Aagje van der Craats (74), Veenendaal {UT}
• Anna Maria Hubertina Knauf (68), Heerlen
• Amelia Martins da Cunha (79), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Andreas Johannes Schilte (52), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Allard (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roos (58), Rotterdam

• 1940 » Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress
• 1940 » Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
• 1940 » Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali († 2009)
• 1942 » Linda Moulton Howe, American journalist and producer
• 1944 » Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1944 » José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
• 1944 » Pat Parker, African American poet
• 1945 » Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster († 2013)
• 1945 » Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)

• 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.
• March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
• April 26 » The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
• 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.
• October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
• November 3 » World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.
• November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.

The temperature on January 20, 1943 was between 0.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.