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• Adriaan Hendrik Martinus Hollaardt, Rotterdam († 2016)
• Berendina Maria Boosveld, Hellendoorn († 1943)
• Hubertus Wilhelmus Boogaart, Oud-Vossemeer († 2020)
• Hendrik_Bernard Kuiper, De Lemmer († 2005)
• Ebbel SNIP, Hoogkerk Groningen Netherlands († 2011)
• Jenny Zweers, Enschede († 2009)
• Alida Louise Bosch, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Hugh Edward Atkins († 2009)
• Johan Rutten († 1984)
• Alvin van den Top, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 2015)

• Anna Maria Caspar Vlaar (0), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abner Webb (0), On farm near Decatur NE
• Alphonsus Julius VAN de WEYER (49), Aartselaar,2630,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albert M. Flikkema (76), Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antje (Anna) Oudhoff (Oudhof (82), Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Josephus Meuwese (71), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Touw (89), Melissant, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Xavier" Marie Henri François de Gourcy (81), Coulmiers, Loiret, France
• Antonetta van Hout (64), Uden
• Antonius Hendrikus Nichting (58), Rotterdam

• 1939 » Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist
• 1940 » Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician († 1999)
• 1940 » Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
• 1941 » Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter († 2011)
• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• 1941 » Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist

• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

• 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.
• October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
• October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
• October 19 » The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
• December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
• December 24 » World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.

The temperature on February 8, 1943 was between -2.0 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.