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• Jannie Reina Blokland, Werkendam († 2017)
• Cleveland Dwight Hall, Fayetteville, NY
• Johan Frederik Floris Calkoen, Amersfoort († 1943)
• Geert Benjamins, Hoogeveen nederland († 1943)
• Johan Frederik Floris Calkoen, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1943)
• Jan Frederik Floris Calkoen, Amersfoort,Gemeente Amersfoort,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1943)
• Andre Pensart, Bilzen († 2005)
• Herman Marskamp († 1943)
• Antonio Roberto Cabau, Rincão, São Paulo, Brasil († 1999)
• Jean paul Knockaert († 1947)

• Arie Cornelis Breugem (9), Rotterdam
• Albert Jacob John (59), Colusa, California
• Abram Vroegop (91), Rotterdam
• Anna Hendrika Christina Coppens (61), Soerakarta, Java, Ned. Indie
• Andries Kamsteeg (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina van de Water (69)
• Alida Duijvestijn (79), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Vollmer (80), Amsterdam
• Aartje Bos (70), Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Rijniera van Zomeren (75), Renkum

• 1941 » Diana Hendry, English poet and author
• 1941 » Ron Meagher, American rock bass player
• 1942 » Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films († 2012)
• 1943 » Anna Ford, English journalist and academic
• 1943 » Franklin Rosemont, American poet, painter, and historian († 2009)
• 1943 » Henri Szeps, Australian actor
• 1944 » Ton Koopman, Dutch conductor, organist, and harpsichordist
• 1944 » Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
• 1945 » Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

• 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 27 » In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
• April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
• October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
• October 17 » Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
• November 24 » World War II: At the battle of Makin the USSLiscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
• December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.

The temperature on October 2, 1943 was between 6.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.