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• johannes petrus maria (jo) geuijen, roggel († 2020)
• leonardus martinus maria (lei) geuijen, roggel
• Maria Angela Haitel, Barger-Oosterveld († 2013)
• Beverly Ann Gremmer, Hutchins, Hancock County, Iowa († 2011)
• Elisa Nuzman, Brasil († 1993)
• Adrianus Philippi, Haarlem († 2011)
• Hans Leonard van Gelder, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Jan Schippers († 1990)
• Kind Middelman, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1943)
• Maria Angela Haitel, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)

• Busch (23), Mulheim an der Ruhr, Duitsland
• Annette Oosthoek (79), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland
• Alexandre Rose (79), Ubach over worms
• Altha Jachus Knapton (33), Dane County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria - Winters, Emmen
• Alexander Rose (79), Ubach
• Aafke Jans Kuipers (67), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Puts (0), Roggel
• Adriana de Hoog (56), Hoek van Holland, Nederland
• Age (Albert) Postma (71), Portage, WI

• 1940 » Adam Faith, English singer († 2003)
• 1941 » Keith Newton, English footballer († 1998)
• 1941 » Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2019)
• 1941 » Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter
• 1942 » Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist
• 1943 » Ellyn Kaschak, American psychologist and academic
• 1943 » James Levine, American pianist and conductor
• 1943 » Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker
• 1945 » John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan († 2005)
• 1945 » Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author

• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)

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.
• March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
• May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
• August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
• September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
• October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
• November 3 » World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.

The temperature on June 23, 1943 was between 10.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.