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• Delores Gail van Klompenburg, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa († 1999)
• Cornelis Adrianus Smallenburg, Hilversum († 2003)
• Engelberta Cornelia Maria de Vreede, 's-Gravenzande († 2007)
• Eduard Goudsblom, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Marcel Jacobus Kersemans, Brasschaat († 2002)
• Jeanne van Riel († 2023)
• Johannes Flach, Ridderkerk († 2007)
• Armand Vanhoolandt, Ronse († 1990)
• Frederick Stuart Roffman, Baltimore, Maryland († 1994)
• Ferdinand van Luipen († 2004)

• Abraham Finsij (75), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Ekkelboom (72), Weststellingwerf, Peperga
• Arie Moerman (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Jansz. Maarleveld (74), Vlaardingen
• Arij Maarleveld (74), Vlaardingen
• Abraham Markowsky (56), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• Ary Maarleveld (74), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Johannes Bullens (31), Rangoon in Birma
• Adolphe Jules Joseph Jerome WOOT de TRIXHE (79), Bas-Oha, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Annigje van Eijk (13), Alphen aan den Rijn

• 1939 » Adrienne Clarkson, Hong Kong-Canadian journalist and politician, 26th Governor General of Canada
• 1939 » Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, Angolan nationalist († 1967)
• 1940 » Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1940 » Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper
• 1941 » Michael Apted, English director and producer
• 1944 » Frances Moore Lappé, American author and activist
• 1944 » Frank Keating, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1944 » Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1992)
• 1944 » Rufus Reid, American bassist and composer
• 1945 » Delma S. Arrigoitia, Puerto Rican historian, author, educator and lawyer

• 1928 » José Sánchez del Río, Mexican martyr and saint (b. 1913)
• 1932 » Edgar Wallace, English author and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
• 1944 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
• 1960 » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)

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.
• September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
• September 30 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
• October 14 » World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.
• October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
• October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
• November 29 » World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).

The temperature on February 10, 1943 was between 1.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.