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• Emilie Francisca Maria Pennemans, Lommel († 2000)
• Hendrik Watermulder, Sappemeer († 2012)
• Frank Haehnle, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Joao Sanfelice, Primeiro de Maio, Paraná, Brasil († 2013)
• Hugo Arthur Frans van den Cruijsem, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Gérard DE WITTE, Ploegsteert,7782,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique,Belgique († 2019)
• Kevin Esmond Peter COOPER-KEY († 1985)
• Johannes Maria Hubertus (Jan) Moonen, Voerendaal (Kunrade) († 1960)
• Gerrit Jacob den Hollander, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2004)
• Emilie Francisca Maria Pennemans, Lommel († 2000)

• Abraham Blitz (1), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Aafke Veldman (81), Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Abel Abels (48), Utrecht
• Abraham SLAGER (22), Sobibor
• Abraham Leman (44), Sobibor
• Abraham Vuisje (33), Sobibór, Lubelskie, Poland
• Abraham David Boas (23), Sobibór, Lubelskie, Poland
• Abraham Lehman (44), Sobibor
• Abraham Jacob Kesnig (16), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Abraham Rood (40), Sobibór, Polen

• 1941 » Dag Solstad, Norwegian author and playwright
• 1941 » Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1941 » Hans Wiegel, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1941 » Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1942 » Margaret Court, Australian tennis player and minister
• 1943 » Jimmy Johnson, American football player and coach
• 1943 » Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright († 1990)
• 1943 » Vernon Bogdanor, English political scientist and academic
• 1944 » Angharad Rees, English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer († 2012)
• 1946 » Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)

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 24 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
• February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
• April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
• May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
• June 25 » The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
• 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 July 16, 1943 was between 8.8 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.