About the day » Thursday May 20, 1943Calender converter

• Elisabeth Maria Dekkers, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Cerhard Christiaan Reintjes, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Jacob Imthorn, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• johanna maria dorothea smolenaars, helden-koningslust († 1943)
• Jan Berend L Bazuin, Groningen († 2013)
• Adrianus Leonardus de Haan, Diemen († 1944)
• Liza Dekkers († 1989)
• Aaltje Gerritjen Hakkers, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2020)
• Gerhard Christiaan Reintjes, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Eibert van de Bunt († 2019)

• Adrianus Cornelis Kroon (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Armelle du Dresnay (0), Fégréac, 44057, France
• Anna Joanna van Loon (44), Essen (B)
• Adolf Gentil Verheyden (64), Moerzeke
• Antje Liemes Kingma (57), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Goedee (68), Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna J. van Loon (44), Breda
• Berber Brouwer (85), Schoonhoven
• Bernardus Boidin (70), Groede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna Philipsen (41), Amsterdam (noord-holland)

• 1942 » Carlos Hathcock, American sergeant and sniper († 1999)
• 1942 » Frew McMillan, South African tennis player
• 1942 » Lynn Davies, Welsh sprinter and long jumper
• 1942 » Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• 1943 » Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker
• 1943 » Deryck Murray, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1944 » Boudewijn de Groot, Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founded Red Bull GmbH
• 1944 » Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1944 » Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager

• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)

• 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 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
• 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.
• August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
• October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
• October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
• December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.

The temperature on May 20, 1943 was between 8.3 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.