About the day » Sunday August 15, 1943Calender converter

• Custodio Ruth Schimidt, Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2016)
• Harm Berger († 1944)
• Laurentius Jozef Marie (Lau) Meijers, Spaubeek, Nederland († 2010)
• Margaret Ruth Meachum, Detroit, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1949)
• Conrad Francis Walterscheid, Muenster, Cooke County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Lucien Florent (Luc) Thijs, Alken, België († 2004)
• Leonarda Geertruida Maria Westdijk, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2023)
• Bertha van de Beek
• Henriëtte de BAKKER, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Maragaretha Clazina Maria ZWETSLOOT, Bennebroek († 1966)

• Abraham Klapwijk
• Adriana Petronella van den Broek (77), Dinther
• Antonius van der Linden (38), Haruku (Java), Indonesië
• Anton Adriaan Schenkel (4), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Hof (23), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia van Rijsbergen (75), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Johanna van der Hooning (67), Nieuwebrug, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Schilthuis (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbera Rijneveld (72), Lopik
• Anna Kieftenbeld (65), Raalte

• 1938 » Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and judge
• 1940 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction († 1977)
• 1941 » Don Rich, American country musician († 1974)
• 1941 » Jim Brothers, American sculptor († 2013)
• 1942 » Pete York, English rock drummer
• 1943 » Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• 1944 » Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
• 1945 » Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• 1946 » Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1947 » Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress

• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

• 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 27 » World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
• February 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
• March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
• 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.
• August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
• December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.

The temperature on August 15, 1943 was between 8.2 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.