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• Eliane Dewaele, Ieper († 2024)
• Dennis Waldon Hunerberg, unbekannt († 2005)
• Jacoba Dingemanse, Meliskerke, Veere († 2006)
• Geertuida Hillegonda Adriana Swart († 2015)
• Franciscus Maria van Erp, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2022)
• Jay Arthur Elgersma, Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa († 2010)
• Kuijpers, Brunssum († 1943)
• Dorreen Esme BRASTING, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand († 1969)
• Donald Gene Bolling, Washington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Ger klesman († 1998)

• Abraham Wiertz (70), amsterdam, Nederland
• Alberta Anna Hendrika van Kraaikamp (66), Arnhem
• Abraham Wiertz (70), Amsterdam
• Alexander de Graaf (74), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Maatje van der Vliet (42), Yellowstone, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Polack (72), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van den Berg (88), Nunspeet
• Abraham David Allegro (29), bergen-belsen
• Anna Cornelia Vermeer (55), Berkel-Enschot
• Aaltje Harms Stirler (58), Veelerveen

• 1941 » Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press († 2006)
• 1942 » Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
• 1942 » Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
• 1942 » K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1942 » Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1943 » Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor († 2004)
• 1943 » Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
• 1944 » Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic († 2015)
• 1945 » Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic

• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)

• 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 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
• February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
• April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
• July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
• August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
• November 1 » World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.

The temperature on May 15, 1943 was between 7.7 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.