About the day » Saturday May 8, 1943Calender converter

• (l.l.) Post, Zutphen († 1943)
• Ernst Aart Jakma, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Cornelia Carolina Petronella Harrewijn († 2006)
• Arnold Vervaet († 2005)
• Adriana Elisabeth de Boer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Christiaan Waaijenberg, Ede († 1979)
• Arend Oelen, Schuinesloot († 2024)
• Bernardus Becker, Onstwedde, Nederland († 2014)
• Anne De Weerd, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2007)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus van Boven († 2016)

• Aartje Schuit (30), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana van Verseveld (49), Rotterdam
• Alida de Bruin (85), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie Burggraaf (64), Woerden, Zuid-Holland (na 1989 Utrecht), Nederland
• Alida de Bruin (85), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Ruijter de (70), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta de Bot (74), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta de Bot (74), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Adriana van Luxemburg (31), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amandine Saelen (47), Souris, Kings County,Prince Edward Island (CAN)

• 1942 » Martin Dobkin, Canadian doctor and politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga
• 1942 » Norman Lamont, Scottish banker and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1942 » Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
• 1942 » Robin Hobbs, English cricketer
• 1942 » Terry Neill, Irish footballer and manager
• 1943 » Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1943 » Johnny Greaves, Australian rugby league player
• 1943 » Jon Mark, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Pat Barker, English author
• 1943 » Paul Samwell-Smith, English bass player and producer

• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)

• 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 7 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• February 16 » World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
• February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
• May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
• November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
• December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

The temperature on May 8, 1943 was between 3.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.