About the day » Friday August 13, 1943Calender converter

• Catharina Maria Haverkort, Slagharen († 2007)
• Brigitte PEU-DUVALLON († 1993)
• Freddy Théodore MALCORPS, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België († 1996)
• Gerrit Tentij, West-Graftdijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Berendina Gesina Lempsink, Oldenzaal († 2011)
• Diny (Berendina Gesina) Lempsink, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland († 2011)
• Berendina Gesina Lempsink, Oldenzaal, Nederland († 2011)
• Hendrik Jan Baas, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1986)
• "Marguerite" Claire Marie de Rohan-Chabot, château de Josselin, Morbihan, France († 2013)
• Diana Notable, Ieper († 2011)

• Anna Wilhelmina Victoria Augusta Kalff (29), Zürich, Switzerland
• Carel Dissel (75), Bussum
• CATHERINA LUCIA WILS (50), Dinteloord, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Victoria Augusta Kalff (29), Zürich (ZW)
• Abbey Vianah Burton (Upchurch) (78), Garrard County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Bouter (72), Ameide
• Catharinus VAN HULSTEIJN (57), Rotterdam
• Céline de Bourbon-Busset (65), Riom, 63300, France
• Bertus Jalving (68), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Albertus Smit Roeters (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach († 2000)
• 1943 » Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti
• 1943 » Fred Hill, American football player
• 1943 » Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient († 1971)
• 1945 » Gary Gregor, American basketball player
• 1945 » Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner († 2016)
• 1945 » Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1945 » Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1947 » Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 » John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director

• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)

• 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 14 » The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
• April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
• June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
• August 17 » World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
• August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
• December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

The temperature on August 13, 1943 was between 11.3 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.