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• Cornelis Johannes Maria Schavemaker, Warmond († 2017)
• Eduard(Eddie) Halff, Valburg († 2008)
• Colin Thomas BEAUMONT († 2019)
• Clasina Johanna Maria Kegge, Groenlo († 1943)
• Duane R. Daniels, McConnelsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 2002)
• Mary Magdalena Catharina Frerichs, Beverwijk († 1943)
• Jan van den Nieuwenhuizen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Bernard Griffioen, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1950)
• Gerrit van Nisselroij († 2010)
• Jetske Tjeerdsma, Oostellingwerf († 1982)

• Alice Rotsart De Hertaing (85), Gent, 9000, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Cornelia Kamerbeek (83), Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Neuvel (77), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Bottenheft (37), Hilversum
• Antoon Gemser (43), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bartels (52), Etten-Leur
• Charley Clarance [Buck) Drennan (34), Stonewall, OK
• Carel Frederik FRUMAU (67), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Blankemeijer (82), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia van der Keur (48), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » Jackie Smith, American football player
• 1940 » Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1941 » Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1943 » Bobby Mitchell, American golfer († 2018)
• 1943 » Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1944 » Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
• 1944 » Florian Fricke, German keyboard player and composer († 2001)
• 1944 » Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2014)
• 1945 » Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
• 1946 » Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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 24 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
• 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.
• April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
• July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
• August 17 » World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
• December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.

The temperature on February 23, 1943 was between 0.9 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.