About the day » Wednesday August 11, 1943Calender converter

• Jochem ROIJAARDS, Wijk bij Duurstede,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• Carlo Gerding, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Hendrik Veldhoen († 1985)
• Nap, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Doodgeboren van Wesel, Huijbergen, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Johannes Franciscus Dionysius Maria Lautenslager, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• James Harold Sternburgh, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan (USA) († 1944)
• Eduard Jan Nicolaas, Schopfloch (Duitsland) († 2012)
• Everdina Henrica Maria Miltenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1945)
• Everdina Hendrica Maria Miltenburg, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1945)

• Adrianus_Hermanus Zouwer (46), Den Haag
• Apolonia Maria Diephout (65), Harderwijk
• Antonius Franciscus van Meerendonk (70), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Martens (15), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Bastiaantje MOLENDIJK (68), Strijen
• Bernardus Anneveld (75), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annetje Davelaar (80), Nijkerk
• Adrianus Nobel (76)
• Bernardus de VRIJ (75), Rotterdam
• Camillus DE RIDDER (83), Elst,9660,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1940 » Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer († 2012)
• 1941 » John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter
• 1942 » Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player
• 1943 » Denis Payton, English saxophonist († 2006)
• 1943 » Jim Kale, Canadian bass player
• 1943 » Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan
• 1944 » Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
• 1944 » Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
• 1944 » Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician
• 1946 » John Conlee, American singer-songwriter

• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)

• 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 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
• January 15 » World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
• February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
• June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
• July 5 » World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
• August 29 » World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.

The temperature on August 11, 1943 was between 9.9 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.