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• André Geleyn, Meerdonk († 2024)
• Adrianus J. Gardien, Honselersdijk, Nederland († 2006)
• Herman Tieben, Laudermarke Vlagtwedde
• Antonius Theodorus Henricus Moors, Koningsbosch († 1945)
• Hendrik van Pijkeren, Zwolle, Nederland († 1954)
• Clara Cecilia Theresia Schenk († 2023)
• Schwarts, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Cornelis W J van der Veeken († 1970)
• Hendrika Groen, IJmuiden († 2001)
• Geertruida Johanna Gesina Klein Haarhuis, Geesteren († 1991)

• Arnoldus Petrus van der Voort (40)
• Alfred Reinbach (63), Kors²r
• Adrianus Pluim (95), Maurik akte 11
• Adriana Dirkje Stolk (57), Tiel
• Arie Huistra (82), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Simon FOK (75), Dordrecht, Gemeente Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
• Alberta Johanna Scheffer (63), Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Hendrikus van den Heuvel (70), Schijndel
• Albert Harold Perkins (0), Bremerton (Kitsap County) (Washington)
• Antje Willems Kootstra (81), Eestrum

• 1939 » Lorraine Hunt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• 1939 » Orlando Quevedo, Filipino cardinal
• 1940 » Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter († 2019)
• 1942 » Joel Steiger, American director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian and author († 2015)
• 1943 » Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver
• 1945 » Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach († 2008)
• 1945 » Harvey Mandel, American guitarist
• 1946 » Mark Metcalf, American actor and producer
• 1947 » Geoff Hunt, Australian squash player

• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 1957 » Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)

• 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.
• April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
• April 13 » World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
• 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.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• 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).
• December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

The temperature on March 11, 1943 was between 0.6 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.