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• Anna Dorothea VAN STADEN († 1981)
• Doodgeboren kind van Gemert, Apeldoorn († 1943)
• Hermanus Martinus Laurentius op den Camp, Elsloo, Nederland († 2004)
• Jan Hesselberth († 2011)
• NN Bultje, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Iras Cecil, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Hermanus Martinus Laurens op den Camp, Meers-Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• Jan Groeneweg, Klaaswaal, Nederland († 2021)
• Josef M.A. (Joost) BEEX, Dongen (NL/NB) († 2014)
• Cornelis Jan Hoek, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)

• Arend Schoonhoven (39), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arie van Hoorn (78), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus de Maat (81), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anton Friedrich Ludwig Troll (74), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Lopes Dias (50), Warschau (concentratiekamp), Polen
• Arend Schoonhoven (39), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Aartje Egberdina Hoogstra (0), Groningen
• Antonius Reijn (73), Dongen
• Antonius Carolus Josefus (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Andries Pagrach (23), Bobrek (D)

• 1940 » Mani Neumeier, German drummer
• 1941 » Alex Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1941 » Sarah Miles, English actress
• 1942 » Andy Summers, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1943 » Ben Kingsley, English actor
• 1943 » John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 1997)
• 1943 » Pete Quaife, English bass player, author, and artist († 2010)
• 1944 » Taylor Hackford, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 » Connie Willis, American author
• 1946 » Roy Greenslade, English journalist and academic

• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)

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 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
• February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
• February 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
• August 27 » World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
• November 16 » World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
• November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.

The temperature on December 31, 1943 was between -0.6 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.