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• Blaine E. Hartman († 2019)
• Anthonia Cornelia Wilhelmina van Laarhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1997)
• Jacobus van Lang, Raamsdonkveer († 1995)
• Jacobus Jansen, Oosterhout († 1944)
• Orpha Stephania D'hertefelt, Bornem († 1943)
• Clara M. Tuit, Montclair (NJ, USA) († 2003)
• Leo Muller, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Leopold AWOUTERS, Opglabbeek († 2018)
• Marianne Helena Bernardina Johanna Nas, Nijmegen († 1957)
• Catharina Johanna SPRONK, Margraten († 2018)

• Anna Theodora Peters (56), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Koenraad 't Lam (80), 's Gravenhage
• Albertus (Bert) Lahuis (13), Gees, Drenthe, Nederland
• Allen Charles Hopper (53), Lawerence, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Houtman (52), Schiedam
• Adriana Houtman (52), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allert Wiersema (62), Clinton,, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aart Nijhof (65), Amersfoort
• Aart Nijhof (65), Amersfoort
• Andries STEEGSTRA (86), Kollum Friesland Netherlands

• 1941 » Peter Davis, English businessman
• 1941 » Tim Hardin, American folk singer-songwriter and musician († 1980)
• 1942 » Quentin Bryce, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia
• 1943 » Harry Shearer, American actor, voice artist, and comedian
• 1943 » Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician and academic
• 1943 » Queen Silvia of Sweden
• 1943 » Ron Allen, American baseball player
• 1944 » Wesley Clark, American general
• 1945 » Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt
• 1945 » Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author

• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)

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. Jacob
15. Gerardus
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.
• May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
• July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
• August 17 » World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
• November 18 » World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
• November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

The average temperature on December 23, 1943 was 2.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.