About the day » Friday April 16, 1943Calender converter

• Jacob Hakvoort († 2021)
• Diane Vellenga, Chicago Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Arthur Robert Montsinger, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR († 2018)
• Aty van Roemburg, Nigtevecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2021)
• Frank Witteveen, Kampen {OV} († 1943)
• Bernardina Dorregeest, Amsterdam († 1947)
• Achilles Somers, Grobbendonk († 2016)
• Hendricus Nieuwlaat, Hoogerheide († 1944)
• Harm Stoker, Tynaarlo (Vries) († 2007)
• Jacobus van Ree, Vlaardingen († 1990)

• Abraham Boers (58), Sobibor (Polen)
• Aäron Querido (22), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Abraham Hamme (60), Sobibor PL
• Abraham Hangjas (12), Sobibor (PL)
• Abraham PIJPEMAN (21), Sobibor, Poland
• Aart van Maastrigt (72), Amersfoort
• Abraham DENNEBOOM (57), Sobibor Concentratiekamp, Poland
• Abraham Boers (58), Sobibor, Lublin, Poland
• Abraham Goudsmit (82), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Abraham Polak (55), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland

• 1940 » Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1940 » David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
• 1940 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
• 1941 » Allan Segal, American director and producer († 2012)
• 1942 » Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher
• 1942 » Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team
• 1943 » Lonesome Dave Peverett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)
• 1943 » John Watkins, Australian cricketer
• 1943 » Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman
• 1945 » Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician

• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)

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.
• March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
• July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
• August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
• August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
• August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
• September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.

The temperature on April 16, 1943 was between 8.0 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.