About the day » Saturday January 23, 1943Calender converter

• van Bruggen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Ymkje Pijnacker, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Jacobus Johan Proost, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2008)
• Douglas John Lautenbach, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1943)
• Berendina Smit, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Hans Baan († 2004)
• Allen Dean Malcom, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2010)
• Elizabeth van Wingerden († 2016)
• Aalbert Egbert Jan (Ab) van den Burg, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2014)
• Flora Ann Exline († 1987)

• Alberta Francina Romeijn (67), Rotterdam
• Annetje Westerveld (78), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Annetje van Drie (75), Putten
• Adriana Margaretha Bouthoorn (57), Gouda
• Anje Hekma (93), Leens, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Nieuwenhuizen (84), Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aafje van Rijsens (63), Batavia, India
• Annetje van Drie (75), Putten
• Aagje Kuiper (68), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Baanders (73), Apeldoorn

• 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)

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.
• February 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
• March 21 » Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• October 19 » The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
• October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
• December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

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.