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Born on Thursday December 9, 1943
Died on Thursday December 9, 1943

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 9, 1943 at Delpher


Born on December 9
  • 1942 » Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager († 1997)
  • 1942 » Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
  • 1942 » Fred Jones, Australian rugby league player
  • 1942 » Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2014)
  • 1942 » Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author († 2014)
  • 1942 » William Turnage, American conservationist († 2017)
  • 1943 » Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director
  • 1943 » Kenny Vance, American singer-songwriter and music producer
  • 1943 » Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player († 2008)
  • 1944 » Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter († 2019)

Died on December 9

Names that were popular for boys in 1943
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Maria
  4. Cornelis
  5. Hendrik
  6. Willem
  7. Gerardus
  8. Petrus
  9. Jacobus
  10. Antonius
  11. Adrianus
  12. Pieter
  13. Wilhelmus
  14. Gerrit
  15. Franciscus
  16. Robert
Names that were popular for girls in 1943
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Cornelia
  4. Elisabeth
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Anna
  7. Catharina
  8. Hendrika
  9. Adriana
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Margaretha
  13. Marie
  14. Geertruida
  15. Helena
  16. Antonia

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1943
  • 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.
  • April 26 » The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
  • July 11 » Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
  • July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
  • August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
  • September 8 » World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) is attacked in an air raid on Frascati.
  • October 17 » The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
The weather on Thursday December 9, 1943
The temperature on December 9, 1943 was between 0.1 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI