About the day » Monday June 21, 1943Calender converter

• Patricia BUSH († 1973)
• Jacobus George Olk, Amsterdam
• levenloos geboren kind († 1943)
• Cornelis Petrus Adrianus Maria BOVÉE, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• NN Helderman, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1943)
• gerardus gertrudis engelen, helden
• Alie van Zuylen († 1991)
• Frans Willem Viola, Zeist
• Beachris Kiel, Wedde († 2011)
• Johannes Egbertus (Johan) Backer († 2018)

• Anna Maria Volkaerts (89), Beerzel, België
• Antje van Brussel (90), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonio Olmos (3), Jalpa, Zacatecas, México
• Antonia Hendrika Vermeer (57), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alla Ahern (42)
• Antonia Maria van KRANEN (76), Amsterdam
• Anna Barbara Brouwers (92)
• Adriana de Hoog (56), Hoek van Holland
• Agnetus Aleidus van Zijderveld (27), Utrecht
• Bartholomeus (2) Vos (30), Bussum

• 1941 » Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Indian bishop
• 1942 » Clive Brooke, Baron Brooke of Alverthorpe, English businessman and politician
• 1942 » Henry S. Taylor, American author and poet
• 1942 » Marjorie Margolies, American journalist and politician
• 1942 » Togo D. West, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• 1943 » Brian Sternberg, American pole vaulter († 2013)
• 1943 » Diane Marleau, Canadian accountant and politician, Canadian Minister of Health († 2013)
• 1943 » Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer
• 1944 » Ray Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Tony Scott, English-American director and producer († 2012)

• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Claude Farrère, French captain and author (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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.
• January 14 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
• January 27 » World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
• February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
• July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
• August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
• November 24 » World War II: At the battle of Makin the USSLiscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.

The temperature on June 21, 1943 was between 9.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.