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• Anna Lijdia Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Bep de Bruijn, Zundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Franciscus Albertus van der A, Vijfhuizen († 1949)
• Cornelis Jan (Cornelis) Kuiper, Amsterdam († 1964)
• Doodgeboren kind Tap, Den Haag († 1943)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Johanna Maria Fouchier, Tilburg
• Anthonia Stoffels, Nieuwer Amstel († 2017)
• Johanna Theodora Schrama, Lisse († 2011)
• Johannes Joseph Maria Gerardus Aerdts, Venlo († 2001)
• Doodgeboren zoon Verdonschot, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)

• Abram WITTENBURG (24), OswieÔcim (PL)
• Adrianus Petrus Slats (74), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aloysius Guillielmus Haelen (70), Lichtaart
• Adriaan Cornelis de Regt (76), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Slats (74), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Seijdel (21), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Jacoba van Egmond (81), Leiden
• Adrianus Simonis (81), den haag
• Anna Cornelia Hermanna Gerritsen (64), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Hendrica Oosterhaar (83), Deventer

• 1942 » Dick Parry, English saxophonist
• 1942 » Jerry Koosman, American baseball player
• 1943 » Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
• 1943 » Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic
• 1944 » Barry Jenkins, English drummer
• 1944 » Mary Archer, English chemist and academic
• 1944 » Steve Carlton, American baseball player
• 1945 » Diane Sawyer, American journalist
• 1945 » Frances Lannon, English historian and academic
• 1945 » Sam Newman, Australian footballer and sportscaster

• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)

• 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.
• June 3 » In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
• August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
• September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
• 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.
• December 30 » Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

The temperature on December 22, 1943 was between 2.3 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.