About the day » Sunday March 21, 1943Calender converter

• NN Abbas, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa († 1943)
• Catharina Carolina Meurs, Wageningen († 1943)
• Josephus Franciscus Xaverius Maria van Eijndhoven, Oss († 1989)
• Carla de Werdt, Vught (N.Br) († 1990)
• Nicolaas Cornelis Fortgens, Haarlem († 2018)
• Bernard KEMMEREN, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Martinus Joseph Derks, Wanroij, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Anthonius Berkel, Hengelo († 2023)
• N.N. Verhagen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Arnold Sider († 1972)

• Adrianus Frederikus van Schenkhoff (74), Kesteren
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Dijkman (72), Limmen, Nederland
• Alberdina Hazenberg (78), Marum
• Aagje Kettenis (76), Leiden
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• Anna Gijsbertha van der Staat (50), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Zoetmulder (22), Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• ABRAHAM MARINUS van OEVEREN (72), SINT PHILIPSLAND
• Annigje Versluis (80), Leerdam
• Arie de Wildt (1922), Heemskerk

• 1942 » Amina Claudine Myers, African-American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1942 » Françoise Dorléac, French actress († 1967)
• 1942 » Kostas Politis, Greek basketball player and coach († 2018)
• 1942 » Patcha Ramachandra Rao, India metallurgist, educator and administrator († 2010)
• 1943 » Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor
• 1943 » István Gyulai, Hungarian sprinter and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1943 » Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter († 1995)
• 1944 » Hideki Ishima, Japanese guitarist
• 1944 » Janet Daley, American-English journalist and author
• 1944 » Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress

• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)
• 1934 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
• 1939 » Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1945 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
• 1951 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)
• 1953 » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)

• 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 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
• June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
• July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
• July 11 » Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
• August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
• November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on March 21, 1943 was between 0.9 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.