About the day » Monday December 20, 1943Calender converter

• Gillis Johannes Marie Vossen, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1966)
• Denise LEMAY, Montréal, Québec, Canada († 2018)
• Anna Cornelia Elizabeth Goossens, Wouw,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Hendrik Hakvoort, Urk († 1989)
• Geraldine Ward († 1951)
• Luc Léon Ghislain Penxten, Alken, België († 2003)
• Johanna Inge Hansje Albrecht, Koog aan de Zaan († 1996)
• Louise Maria Epping, Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1944)
• Johanna Maria IJsselmuiden, Sassenheim († 2003)
• Lydia Susanna de Mooij, Breda († 1956)

• Anna Maria Zegers (62), Maastricht
• Albartus Jan Hendrik Eggink (73), Zelhem
• Albertina Adriana Hofman (83), Lienden
• Arendina Geertruida Hobbelink (36), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alice Helena Hansen Twin (74), Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Anna Katharina Hannen (79), Keppeln, D
• Alberdina Adriana Hofman (83), Lienden
• Anna Maria Zegers (62), Maastricht
• Aaltje ten Haken (57), Amsterdam
• Arnolda Timmermans (81), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1940 » Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club
• 1942 » Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player († 2002)
• 1942 » Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist
• 1942 » Michael P. Johnson, American sociologist
• 1942 » Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan († 2015)
• 1944 » Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer
• 1944 » Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist
• 1945 » Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1945 » Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author († 2010)
• 1946 » Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic

• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 » Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)

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.
• January 15 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
• April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
• April 13 » World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
• July 5 » World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
• August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
• October 17 » The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.

The temperature on December 20, 1943 was between 0.9 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.