About the day » Tuesday May 4, 1943Calender converter

• Carole Anne Knight, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States († 2005)
• Hijke Jongsma, Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Denis Bruijnseels, Hulshout (B) († 1992)
• Robertus Franciscus Sengers, Helmond († 1943)
• Beverly Gwen James, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW, AU († 2010)
• Marie Josée Vansteen, Borgloon, België († 1995)
• Aagtje Eissiena Reerds, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Jan van der Kooi, Hardegarijp († 2007)
• Georg Lodewijk Bras, Amsterdam († 1975)
• Jacob "Jaap" van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Antonia Wilhelmina Straub (62), Wieringen
• Antje MOOIJ (79), Dorregeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje MENTING (74), Annerveen (Anloo), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aleida Mulder (58), Groningen
• albertje aates (73), winschoten
• Albertje Menting (74), Annerveen, Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Roelofs Koster (68), Hoogeveen
• Antje Sybrens Seekles (74), Köln-Bayenthal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antonius Hermanus Haselbekke (25), Hengelo
• Adeodato de Andrade Botelho (77), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• 1940 » Peter Gregg, American race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1940 » Robin Cook, American physician and author
• 1941 » George Will, American journalist and author
• 1942 » Nickolas Ashford, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2011)
• 1943 » Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer († 1971)
• 1943 » Mihail Chemiakin, Russian painter and sculptor
• 1943 » Prasanta Pattanaik, Indian economist and academic
• 1944 » Russi Taylor, American voice actress († 2019)
• 1944 » Steve Liebmann, Australian radio and television host
• 1945 » Jan Mulder, Dutch footballer and journalist

• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)

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.
• February 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
• February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
• April 30 » World War II: The British submarine HMSSeraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
• September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
• December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
• December 8 » World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre of Kalavryta.

The temperature on May 4, 1943 was between 3.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.