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• Alexander de Leeuw, Sint Maartensbrug, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Anna Maertens, Mouscron, Moeskroen, Henegouwen, Belgium († 2015)
• Duco Rossy, Enschede,Overijssel,Nederland († 2010)
• Chantal van Zuylen, château d'Argenteau, Wixhou, Liège (Belgique) († 2019)
• Johannes Kist, Hellendoorn/Daarlerveen († 2004)
• Ignatius Petrus Maria (Peter) Gribling, Den Haag, Nederland († 2002)
• Hendrik Alberts van Dijk († 1956)
• andreas hendrikus godefridus (dré) nijssen, helden († 2023)
• Geesje Meijers, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Leo van Luin, Amsterdam († 1965)

• Adriana Lijdia Goudswaard, van (76), Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States
• Arisje Roseboom (76), Ede
• Antonetta Janssens (19), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alijda van de Pol (62), amersfoort
• Anthonius Engelbertus Peeters (11), Neer
• Adrianus Joannes Baptista KLUIJTMANS (81), Hilvarenbeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje van der Horst (85), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aldegonda Maria Catharina van den Burg (79), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Weerman (82), Wezup,Gemeente Coevorden,Drenthe,Nederland
• Aart Vos (67), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat († 2004)
• 1943 » Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
• 1944 » David Norris, Irish scholar and politician
• 1944 » Geraldine Chaplin, American actress and screenwriter
• 1944 » Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 » Sherry Lansing, American film producer
• 1945 » William Weld, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1946 » Gary Lewis, American pop-rock musician

• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)

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. Jacob
15. Gerardus
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.
• March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
• June 1 » BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
• July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
• August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
• August 17 » World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
• 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.

The temperature on July 31, 1943 was between 13.4 °C and 28.3 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.