About the day » Wednesday July 21, 1943Calender converter

• Hendrik Jager, Warga († 1998)
• Charles William Anthony Kraal, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia († 1999)
• Jules Emiel Goelen, Balen († 1997)
• Lambertus Moonen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Cornelis Arie Kamphorst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Antonius Gerhardus Joseph Davina, Utrecht († 1945)
• Daniel Geldhof, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2018)
• John Arthur Meade, San Jose, California († 1995)
• Aaltje Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)

• Arieaantje Hendriksdr * Schaap (92), Zandvoort, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Van den Bulck (84), Vorselaar, België
• Boudewijn Pieter Braber (49), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Boudewijn de Jong (38)
• A C Todd (Pvt)?**** (30), Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
• Anna Douwke Cramer (71), Gorinchem,Gemeente Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van der Maaten (65), Oldebroek
• Albert Russell Flynn ** (23), Buried Agira, Sicily (Died in WW2 Sicily)
• anna catharina verlinden (82), helden
• Alexander Short (80), Jasper Co, Newton, IA

• 1943 » Robert Shrum, American author and political advisor
• 1943 » Edward Herrmann, American actor († 2014)
• 1943 » Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver († 2002)
• 1943 » Henry McCullough, Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter († 2016)
• 1944 » Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian author and academic († 2017)
• 1944 » John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana († 2012)
• 1944 » Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician († 2002)
• 1945 » Barry Richards, South African cricketer
• 1945 » Geoff Dymock, Australian cricketer
• 1945 » Wendy Cope, English poet, critic, and educator

• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)

• 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.
• February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
• February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
• April 13 » World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
• September 12 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
• September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
• November 22 » World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

The temperature on July 21, 1943 was between 16.0 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.