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• Jacob van Beele, Katwijk († 1990)
• Adriaan Filius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Gerrit Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1987)
• Derk (Dik) Hobers, Erica (Emmen)
• Marsha Gail Turner, USA († 2012)
• Koop Meijerink († 2019)
• Martinus Hermannus (Tinus) Knegt, Emmen († 2023)
• Joseph Herman Kruschek († 1961)
• Marguerite Aspeslagh, Bredene,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1964)
• Martinus Hermannus Knegt, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)

• de Wit, Utrecht
• Berendientje HOEKZEMA (7), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Beitske Broers de Boer (67), Hintham, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Heslinga (51), Menaldum, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Jordina van den Brekel (79), Boxtel
• Barbara Flowers (0), Jackson, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States
• Antonio Soares da Rosa (73), Piedade, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alphonsus Victor Vercauteren (68), Sint-Niklaas
• Berend Schottert (54), Gramsbergen
• Alfred Boaz Lambson (87), MacKay, Custer, Idaho, Verenigde Staten

• 1939 » Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1941 » Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
• 1941 » Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1943 » Blythe Danner, American actress
• 1943 » Dennis Edwards, American soul/R&B singer († 2018)
• 1943 » Eric Haydock, English bass player († 2019)
• 1943 » Shawn Phillips, American-South African singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Bob Griese, American football player and sportscaster
• 1945 » Johnny Cymbal, Scottish-American singer-songwriter and producer († 1993)

• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
• 1956 » Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (b. 1916)
• 1959 » The Day the Music Died

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.
• February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
• February 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
• August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
• September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
• October 22 » World War II: In the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
• November 6 » The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.

The temperature on February 3, 1943 was between 2.0 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.