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• Cornelis (Cees) Meerman, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2007)
• Jan Jozef Gabriël Suetens, Mechelen († 2019)
• Clara Maria van Uijtert, Ammerzoden († 2023)
• Henrika Aleida Bulten, Doetinchem († 2017)
• Cobi Ank Coumou, Eindhoven († 1944)
• Magdalena, Frederika, Ellen Wijker, Den Helder († 1992)
• Jolanda Wilhelmina Elcus, ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands († 1993)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1943)
• Jacob Witte Goedegebuure, St. Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 2013)
• Jan van den Bosch, Staverden (Ermelo) († 2013)

• Aaltje Hakker (57), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Aaron Beekman (24), Auschwitz
• Aaltje de Schaap (68), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Abraham DWINGER (52), Sobibor Concentratiekamp, Poland
• Abraham Hoogstraal (66), Sobibor, Lublin, Polen
• Aaltje Vedder (26), Zwolle
• Abraham Dwinger (52), Sobibór, Chelm, Poland
• Abraham Kool (67), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Abraham Kool (67), Sobibór, Lubelskie, Poland
• Abraham Philip (74), Sobibór, Polen

• 1940 » James Caan, American actor and singer
• 1940 » Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 » Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver († 1992)
• 1941 » Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
• 1942 » Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
• 1943 » Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
• 1943 » Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
• 1944 » Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 » Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach († 2004)
• 1945 » Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius

• 1932 » Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1934 » John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)

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. Gerardus
15. Jacob
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.
• January 15 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
• January 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
• February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
• July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
• August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
• August 17 » World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.

The temperature on March 26, 1943 was between 7.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.