About the day » Friday March 5, 1943Calender converter

• Jacques Emile Fernand PRION, Schaarbeek-Bruxelles,, France († 2022)
• Jan Hazeleger († 2014)
• Arie Stitselaar, Nijkerk († 1943)
• Cornelia van Andel, Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Jeanine D'Hondt, Nazareth († 1985)
• Georgius Arnoldus Hildegardus van der Lans († 2000)
• Gerda Blokzijl, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1997)
• Johannes Willem Hubertus van Dael, Ophoven Kinrooi, Limburg, België († 1974)
• Hendrik Arnold Stoffer, Hoensbroek († 1943)
• Jantje Maria Boonstra, Opende (gemeente Grootegast) († 2012)

• Adrianus Lute (19), Berlijn
• Adelaïde Frederica Maria Josephina Van Mullem (81), Maldegem
• Aaltje Speijer (47), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Abraham van der Bijl (11), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Abraham Gosschalk (68), Sobibor
• Abraham Wegloop (9), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Aaltje Emanuel Tokkie (42), Sobibor
• Abraham Ehrenreich (19), Sobibor
• Aaltje Tokkie (42), Sobibor, Oswiecem, Polen
• Adrianus Lute (19), Berlijn (Dld)

• 1940 » Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player († 1990)
• 1940 » Tom Butler, English bishop
• 1941 » Des Wilson, New Zealand-English businessman and activist
• 1942 » David Watkins, Welsh rugby player
• 1942 » Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 1942 » Mike Resnick, American author and editor († 2020)
• 1943 » Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1998)
• 1944 » Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor
• 1944 » Roy Gutman, American journalist and author
• 1945 » Wilf Tranter, English footballer

• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)

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.
• February 14 » World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
• February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
• March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
• April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
• July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.

The temperature on March 5, 1943 was between -1.1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.