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• Berwyn Dean VanOtterloo, Hudson Lincoln Sth Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Leendert van Delft, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Adriana Johanna Zandbergen († 1997)
• Gerrit Stegeman, Vroomshoop, Nederland († 2010)
• Annie van der Zanden († 1993)
• Harmannus Josephus Jacobus Bodewes, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• Gerrit Willem Bos, Velp († 2008)
• Jeanne Méryna LEPERLIER, L'Étang-Salé,97427,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1945)
• Geertruida Gerarda Theresia Klieverik, Losser († 1944)
• Eugène A.J.M Willemen, Oud Gastel, 4751, Nederland († 2018)

• Arend Oldenburger (48), Keulen, Duitsland
• Arend Reinders Oldenburger (48), Köln Nord-Rhein-Westfalen Deutschland
• Adriaan Lomeijer (68), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antoine Bartholome Baquie (24), Bandoeng, Ned. Indie
• Anje Oosterhuis (39), Uithuizen
• August Peter Justin (31), Stearns County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van Baarle (73), Rotterdam
• Arend OLDENBURGER (48), Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Bastiaan Alblas (69), Rijsoord
• Adrianus Johannes van den Berg (40), Rotterdam

• 1939 » Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Communications
• 1940 » Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter († 2015)
• 1941 » Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1942 » Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
• 1944 » Jaimoe, American drummer
• 1944 » Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
• 1945 » Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1947 » Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1947 » Kim Darby, American actress
• 1947 » Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae

• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)

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.
• May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
• September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
• September 7 » World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
• September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
• October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
• December 5 » World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.

The temperature on July 8, 1943 was between 5.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.