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• N.N. Boers, Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL
• Adrianus Johannes Gerardus Maria Sleutjes, Den Dungen († 1973)
• Gerard (Gerrit) Scholte († 2004)
• Riki Veldhuis († 1997)
• Henk SEERDEN († 2008)
• Elfrida Hermine Boers, 's-Gravenzande († 1945)
• Annie Julienne Marie De Prins, Sint-Truiden, België († 1943)
• Henk van Est, Gennep († 1983)
• NN Tinga, Boksum
• Martinus Leonardus de Zeeuw († 1950)

• Anthonie Dekkers (88), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Jans van der Wal (70), Visvliet
• Arie de Jonge (77), Breskens
• Berendina Roordink (68), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Geertruida Claus (88), Amsterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Petronella Maria Dudok (2), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Bertie (B.C.A.) Veldhuizen (0), Jutphaas
• Aaltje Burema (74), Renkum
• Aaltje Snijder (79), Giethoorn
• Aalbert Broekhuizen (82), Vinkeveen

• 1941 » Epeli Nailatikau, Fijian chief, President of Fiji
• 1941 » Terry Cashman, American singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1942 » Hannes Löhr, German footballer, coach, and manager († 2016)
• 1942 » Matthias Bamert, Swiss composer and conductor
• 1943 » Curt Blefary, American baseball player and coach († 2001)
• 1943 » Mark Cox, English tennis player, coach and sportscaster
• 1943 » Pierre Villepreux, French rugby player and coach
• 1943 » Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1944 » Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden
• 1945 » Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter († 2015)

• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (b. 1871)

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.
• February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
• July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
• September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
• October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
• November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
• November 18 » World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.

The temperature on July 5, 1943 was between 8.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.