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• Helena Maria van Meijl, Eindhoven († 1950)
• Bob Mozes Schellevis, Westerbork († 1943)
• Louis Adelin MALCORPS, Schaarbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België († 1944)
• Jacoba Maria Huijbregts, Etten Leur († 1943)
• Neville Merton Cordwell, Hobart, Tasmanië, Australië († 1978)
• Marie Joanne Revenberg († 2009)
• Charel BOOMS, Meeuwen († 2016)
• Albertje Weija Katuin, Veelerveen, Bellingwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Kenneth R. WIERSEMA, Morrison Whiteside County Illinois U.S.A († 2021)
• Leo Jan van Gelder, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)

• Abraham Kloot (41), Sobibor, Polen
• Abraham Salomons (47), Sobibor, Poland
• Abraham Abas Meiboom (35), Sobibor
• Aäron van Praag (60), Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland
• Aaltjen de Vries (57), Sobibor
• Abraham de Hond (12), Sobibor
• Abraham (Appie) Swaalep (11), Sobibór,vernietigingskamp,Polen
• 'Renée Sons (7), Sobibór vernietigingskamp Biala Potlaska Polen
• Abraham Wegloop (14), Sobibor, Polen
• Aäron Asser (54), Sobibor, Polen-Doodsoorzaak: vermoord

• 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)

• 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 14 » World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
• April 18 » World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
• July 24 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
• August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
• October 14 » World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.

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.