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• Paula Elisabeth Maria Douqué, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1948)
• Dieuwertje Kok, Sint Pancras († 2021)
• NN Stijf, Heerde († 1943)
• Doodgeboren dochter Gabriëls, Geel, België († 1943)
• levenloos Stijf, Heerde († 1943)
• Peter Droog, Beemster
• Jacoba Maria Huijbregts, Etten-Leur († 1943)
• Marie Joanne Revenberg († 2009)
• Gerardina Elisabeth Tinbergen, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1944)
• Letje Cornelia van der Veen († 1990)

• Abraham Stoppelman (43), Sobibór, Lubelskie, Poland
• Abraham Emden (55), Sobibór, Lubelskie, Poland
• Abraham Wegloop (14), Sobibòr, Polen
• Aaltjen de Vries (57), Sobibor
• Abraham Meljado (8), Sobibor
• Abraham Abas Meiboom (35), Sobibor
• Abraham Gosselaar (46), Sobibór, Biala, Polen
• Abraham Agsteribbe (5), Sobibor, Polen
• Abraham Hagenaar (43)
• Abraham Abas (35), SOBIBOR,Polen

• 1939 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician († 1976)
• 1940 » Kenneth Clarke, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1941 » Wendell Mottley, Trinidadian sprinter, economist, and politician
• 1941 » William Guest, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2015)
• 1942 » John Eekelaar, South African-English lawyer and scholar
• 1942 » Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico (2000-2006)
• 1943 » Ivi Eenmaa, Estonian politician, 36th Mayor of Tallinn
• 1943 » Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer († 2013)
• 1946 » Richard Axel, American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Ron Silver, American actor, director, and political activist († 2009)

• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)

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 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
• January 22 » World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.
• February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
• March 14 » The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
• August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
• August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.

The temperature on July 2, 1943 was between 11.4 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.