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• Jurrie Marius Cornelis van Zanten († 2024)
• Gerrie Binnekamp, Elburg († 2011)
• Beduinius Henricus Anthonius Maria Franke, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 2004)
• Jozef Maria de Louw, Gerwen († 1943)
• Conrad Francis Walterscheid, Muenster, Cooke County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Martinus A.m. Reuvers
• Laurentius Jozef Marie (Lau) Meijers, Spaubeek, Nederland († 2010)
• Cornelis (Cees) Tensen, Abbekerk, Nederland († 2019)
• Beduinus Henricus Antonius Maria Franke, Utrecht († 2004)
• Hezekiah Spencer, Jamaica Rosehall District St Elizabeth († 2021)

• Anton Adriaan Schenkel (4), Vlissingen, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Schilthuis (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Adriaan Schenkel (4), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aart van den Brink (0), Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Oldersma (82), Appelscha (Ooststellingwerf)
• Albert Bland Marlow (52), Martin's Hosp.,Mullins,South Carolina
• Aart van den Brink (0), Oosterend (Texel, NH)
• Arie Van Der Lee (72), Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Klapwijk (53), Rijswijk
• Anje Dijksterhuis (74), Loppersum

• 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)

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.
• March 3 » World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
• May 16 » The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
• 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.
• August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
• October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
• November 19 » Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

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.