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• Jan de Vries, Erica, DRE, Nederland († 1999)
• Etje Lautenbach, Sexbierum († 2015)
• John Merlin Kraft, Iowa († 2004)
• Jacobus ten Kate f, Meppel {DR} († 1943)
• Albert Miedema, Sexbierum († 1992)
• Laurens Johannes Marneef, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2017)
• Douglas Dean van der Werf, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa († 1991)
• Gerritje Postma, Berlikum († 1945)
• Christina Maria Margaretha Koek, Amsterdam († 1960)
• Elizabeth Millecam († 2003)

• Anna Throdora Brouwer (66), Eefde-Gorssel (Lochem)
• Alberta de Haas, Nijmegen
• Antonius van Creij (22), Helmond
• Annie Magee (89), South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Adriana van de Perel (81), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoon PLANTENGA (85), Naarden
• Anna Catharina Velraeds (62), Heerlen
• Anna Bannet (13), Auschwitz/Polen
• Ariaantje Wijdenes (46), Beverwijk
• Adrianus Kuijstermans (81), Steenbergen

• 1938 » Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii
• 1939 » Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia
• 1939 » Zainuddin Maidin, Malaysian politician († 2018)
• 1941 » Yves Beauchemin, Canadian author and academic
• 1942 » Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture
• 1942 » J.J. Dillon, American wrestler and manager
• 1943 » Georgie Fame, English singer, pianist, and keyboard player
• 1943 » Warren Farrell, American author and educator
• 1944 » Gennady Zyuganov, Russian colonel and politician
• 1946 » Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist († 2013)

• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1938 » Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
• 1938 » James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1945 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Max Kögel, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1880)
• 1947 » R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
• 1949 » Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)

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: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
• July 11 » World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
• 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 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
• September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
• September 12 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.

The temperature on June 26, 1943 was between 10.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.