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• Apolonia van den Berg († 1943)
• Johannes Petrus van der Jagt, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Hubertina Wilhelmina Mulders, Schiedam († 2001)
• Erna Edith Niedermayr, Zwolle († 2024)
• Ida Adriana Maria van Stipdonk, Stiphout († 2012)
• Adrianus Petrus van der Pas, Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Jantje van de Werfhorst, Doornspijk (Elburg), Gld, NL
• Jan Schoemaker, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Garland Wilbur Stevens, Garrison, Christian County, Missouri, United States († 2018)
• Anna Johanna Margriet Kuijs, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)

• Albert Kleiker (74), Donkerbroek (Ooststellingwerf)
• Adrianus Johannes van den Berg (45), Rotterdam
• Alfred Clement Bissaker (74), aged 73 years, Goulburn, NSW, AU
• Agnes Anthonia C. van Rossum du Chattel (67), 's Gravenhage
• Alphonsina, Philomena van San (30), Mortsel
• Aaltje Brinkman (74)
• Anna van der Willik (76), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ketelaers (71), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Leendert van Melle (74), Goes
• Alouisius Josephus Norbertus Brouwers (62), Gilze en Rijen

• 1942 » Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter
• 1942 » Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player
• 1942 » Pascal Couchepin, Swiss politician
• 1942 » Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter
• 1943 » Dean Brown, Australian politician, 41st Premier of South Australia
• 1943 » Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer
• 1943 » Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal († 2018)
• 1943 » Max Gail, American actor and director
• 1943 » Miet Smet, Belgian politician
• 1944 » Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress and director

• 1940 » Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)
• 1940 » Jay O'Brien, American bobsledder (b. 1883)
• 1940 » Robert Maillart, Swiss civil engineer (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Song Zheyuan, Chinese general (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Franciszek Kleeberg, Polish general (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)
• 1946 » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)

• 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: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
• April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
• May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
• September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
• September 11 » World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
• October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.

The temperature on April 5, 1943 was between 1.9 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.