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• André van der Pluijm († 2010)
• Elisabeth Hendrika Theodora Kloppenburg, Wehl
• Benedita Camargo Pacheco, Lapa, Paraná, Brasil († 2003)
• Kind Wagenvoort, Epe († 1943)
• Freddy Berens, Hengelo, 7550, Nederland († 1944)
• Albertje Suurd, Peize, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Guido Peeters, Sint-Truiden, België († 2017)
• Dina Elisabeth Theresia Timmermann, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Evy J. Thorig († 2012)
• Arend Tonko van der Peijl, Groningen († 1972)

• Anna Frederika Mazurel (62), BERKEL EN RODENRIJS (Lansingerland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Katoen (85), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bakkum (62), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• aalbertje van GELDER (78), nieuw-beijerland
• Arike Donker (81)
• Donker (81), Herwijnen, Lingewaal, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Wilhelmina Geertruida Maria Weenink (82), Winterswijk (Gd)
• Albert Kamping (69), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alois Maas (33), Gomel, Weißrußland (Belarus)
• Aafje afra Reuzenaar (76), h.h.waard

• 1942 » Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
• 1942 » Dan Christensen, American painter († 2007)
• 1942 » Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor († 2009)
• 1943 » Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
• 1943 » Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1943 » Peter Dowding, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia
• 1943 » Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1944 » Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1944 » Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter
• 1944 » Patrick Cordingley, English general

• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
• 1959 » Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (b. 1865)
• 1962 » Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1917)
• 1969 » Walter Hagen, American golfer (b. 1892)

• 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 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
• July 12 » German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
• July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
• November 19 » Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.
• December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.

The temperature on October 6, 1943 was between 7.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.