About the day » Sunday December 26, 1943Calender converter

• James Ernest WALKER, Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS
• Gerrit Henry de Leeuw, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 1980)
• Jeanne Mary Branan († 1980)
• Cornelis Jan Oskam, Groningen († 1968)
• Gerrit Bijsterbosch († 1943)
• Geertruida Commerina Irene van den Hoek, Soest, Nederland († 2022)
• Jantje van der Wal, Westerlee, Nederland († 2008)
• Johannes Adrianus van der Bilt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Felix Reijntjens, Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1992)
• Jantje (Jane) Hofstee, Roden († 2013)

• Andrew Halter (93), Oran, Scott, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Bakker (54), Rotterdam
• ANNA MARIA GORISSEN (41), Heerlen
• Adriana Warnaar (86), Zuidlaren
• Aafke Heines Uitterdijk (90)
• Aafke Heines Uitterdijk (90), Akkerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Verhage (52), Wassenaar, Nederland
• Aafjen Post (65), Zwartsluis
• Adriana du Vijn (82), Breda, Nederland
• Adriaan Adriaansz Verhage (52), Arnhem

• 1940 » Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Ray Sadecki, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1941 » Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1942 » Catherine Coulter, American author
• 1942 » Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California
• 1942 » Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala
• 1944 » William Ayers, American academic and activist
• 1945 » John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist, created America's Most Wanted
• 1946 » Alan Frumin, American lawyer and politician
• 1946 » Tiit Rosenberg, Estonian historian and academic

• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)

• 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 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
• February 9 » World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• March 14 » The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
• August 29 » World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
• September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
• December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.

The temperature on December 26, 1943 was between 3.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.