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• Estelle Rachelle DENECKERE, Menen († 2022)
• Dirk Jan van der Sleen, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Gary Dean Gray, Iowa († 1943)
• Hendrik Kool, Zijderveld (Everdingen), Utrecht, Nederland († 2017)
• Geraldo Sigolo, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 2021)
• Anna Maria Weijers, Hillegom, ZUI, Nederland († 1946)
• Alida Korrel, Hilversum († 1943)
• Hubertus Cornelis Wilhelmus Maria Henricus van Luijten, Goirle († 1943)
• Gerardus Josephus Maria Peijs, Gilze en Rijen
• Albert Smit, Zeist († 2007)

• Aaltje Akkerman (75), Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrina Josephina Peitsman (35), Schiedam,-
• Arie Tates (50), Haarlem
• (Stillborn) GROENENDAL (0), Kantens Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje Akkerman (75), Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustina Martin Sanz (31)
• Addie Francis Baker (82), Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
• Berendina Hulsman (70), Haarlem
• Carolina Aleida Sprokkereef (29), Arnhem
• Armajak Lucien "Armegy" Todd ***** (84), Conway, Horry, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten

• 1940 » Fred Cash, American soul singer
• 1940 » Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 » George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
• 1941 » Shane Stevens, American author
• 1942 » Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter
• 1943 » Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1943 » R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1944 » Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player († 2010)
• 1944 » Susan Raye, American country music singer

• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)

• 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 23 » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
• June 25 » The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
• July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
• July 9 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
• October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
• December 24 » World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.

The temperature on October 8, 1943 was between 5.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.