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• George Kunst, Weimar, Duitsland († 2017)
• Hans Heiligenberg, Haarlem († 1998)
• Arnoldina Maria (Dena) ten Berge Tenberge, Blesdijke (Weststellingwerf) († 1960)
• Aagje Nellie Vinke, Broek op L'dijk († 1945)
• Machiel Albertus VERHAGEN († 2002)
• Adriana van Halderen, Rotterdam († 2005)
• in 't Groen, Dongen
• Adriana Clasina Weeland († 2022)
• Marietje - Maria Antonia Johanna Aarnink, Diepenveen, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2022)
• nn Tijert, Hengelo († 1943)

• Bastiaan van den Berg (46), Myakit (Rusland)
• Bernardus Detert (69), Saasveld (Weerselo)
• Albert Kerseboom (64), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joseph Gillis (51), Hilvarenbeek
• Ann Louise Pace (75), Bicknell, Wayne, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Stephanus Nicolaas de Villiers (73), Paarl (Zuid-Afrika)
• Bastiaan van den Berg (46), Myakit, Magadan, Rusland
• bastaan van den BERG (46), myakt, rusland
• Adrianus Josephus Haans (67), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agneta Geertruida van den Berck (40), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Bob Simon, American journalist († 2015)
• 1941 » Doug Scott, English mountaineer and author
• 1942 » Kevin Conway, American actor and director († 2020)
• 1942 » Pierre Bourque, Canadian businessman and politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal
• 1943 » Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician († 2013)
• 1944 » Bob Benmosche, American businessman († 2015)
• 1944 » Quentin Davies, English soldier and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1945 » Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1945 » Julian Le Grand, English economist and author
• 1945 » Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, Scottish lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland († 2013)

• 1935 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
• 1942 » John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1946 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1948 » May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)

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.
• July 5 » World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
• September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
• October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
• October 22 » World War II: In the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
• November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
• December 30 » Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

The temperature on May 29, 1943 was between 5.4 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.