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• Jan Wilhelmus Le Noble, Texel († 2015)
• Gerritdina Wilhelmina Zomer, Oud Lutten († 2024)
• Antoon Corneel Pinxteren, Merksem, België († 2004)
• Harold Dean Garner, Georgia († 2001)
• Jerry Lavern Plagge, Ìowa († 2015)
• Alexander Wladimr Wulf, 's-Gravenhage († 2002)
• Herman Frens, Nijbroek († 2014)
• Charles Louis Maria Filomena Lintermans, Hallaar
• Albert (bert) Boterman († 2023)
• antonius Maritunus Gerardus Hoeben, venlo

• * Hendrikus van Broekhoven (75), St Michielsgestel
• Anna Meijer (77)
• Aaltje Bikker (83), Nieuwland
• 'Margriet' Margareta Henrica Flora DEWULF (33), Brugge, 31005, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriana Maria van Berkel (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Bikker (83), Nieuwland
• Aaltje Werkman (82), Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van Bokkum (49), Rotterdam
• Agnes Otten (40), Middelburg,, Nederland
• Albert Blom (89), Emmen, Nederland

• 1941 » Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter († 2004)
• 1942 » Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1942 » Marsha Mason, American actress
• 1942 » Wayne Newton, American singer
• 1943 » Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
• 1943 » Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
• 1943 » Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist († 1986)
• 1944 » Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic
• 1944 » Tony Orlando, American singer

• 1930 » Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)

• 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 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
• April 5 » World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.
• April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
• June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
• June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
• October 14 » World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.

The temperature on April 3, 1943 was between 4.5 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.