About the day » Saturday January 23, 1943Calender converter

• Gerrit Jan Mooi, Hattem († 1944)
• Elizabeth van Wingerden († 2016)
• Arend Timmer († 2020)
• Engelina Broekema, Odoorn († 1944)
• Elisabeth Hendrica Maria (Bep) Kortekaas († 1985)
• Berendina Smit, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Allen Dean Malcom, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2010)
• Cilo Cheque de Moraes († 2004)
• Beth J. Baker, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Gerardina Wilhelmina Bertha Straatman, 's-Gravenhage († 2001)

• Aaltje Baanders (73), Apeldoorn
• Adelheide Leubuscher (65), Theresienstadt Ghetto
• Anna Gezina Schomaker (61), Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriaan Nijssen (74), Breda (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Anna Gezina Schomaker (61), Musselkanaal
• Albert Nijhof (62), Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Cov‚ (74), Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• (87), Gemeente Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Gezina Schomaker (Schoemaker) (61), Musselkanaal, Nederland
• Anje Hekma (93), Leens, Groningen, Nederland

• 1941 » João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic († 2014)
• 1941 » Jock R. Anderson, Australian economist and academic
• 1942 » Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician
• 1942 » Laurie Mayne, Australian cricketer
• 1942 » Phil Clarke, New Zealand rugby union player
• 1943 » Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman († 2010)
• 1943 » Gary Burton, American vibraphone player and composer
• 1943 » Gil Gerard, American actor and producer
• 1944 » Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer († 2019)
• 1945 » Mike Harris, Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario

• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)

• 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 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
• April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
• June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
• September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
• October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
• November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.

The temperature on January 23, 1943 was between 4.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.