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• Francisca Maria Kersbergen, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Lina Celoria Barreira, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 2002)
• Cor van Ginneken († 2002)
• Maria Engelina (Lineke) Poker, Stadskanaal(Gr)-Onstwedde († 1982)
• Geertje Janny Marijke Huizenga, Ermelo († 2008)
• Gerrie Jonker, Emst († 2011)
• Lily ELMA MEIER, Lüneburg, Paulpietersburg District, South Africa († 2001)
• Jacobus Hendricus Majoor, Laren († 2009)
• Glenda Lucille Saxton, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Engelbertus Johannes Martinus Schram, Heemskerk († 1945)

• Arendje van den HOEK Gdr (68), Reeuwijk, Reeuwijk-Brug, NL-ZH
• Basilio Abrego (20), Encino, Brooks, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Anna Fokker (0), Bussum (Gooise Meren), Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• * Catharina van Leeuwen (52), Delft
• Antonia Johanna Brant (47), Mddelbeers
• Albertje Oost- (74), Nieuw-Buinen, Nederland
• Bauke Kasma (34), Tzummarum, Barradeel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Alida Dazelar (74), Amsterdam
• Aloysius van Mansfeld (68), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Oost (74), Nieuw Buinen gem. Borger

• 1942 » Isabel Allende, Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist
• 1942 » Juan Formell, Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player († 2014)
• 1942 » Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager
• 1942 » Nell Irvin Painter, American author and historian
• 1943 » Herbert M. Allison, American lieutenant and businessman († 2013)
• 1943 » Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2014)
• 1943 » Rose Tremain, English novelist and short story writer
• 1943 » Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1944 » Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player († 2016)

• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)

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.
• February 27 » In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
• May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
• July 11 » World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
• September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
• October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
• November 18 » World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.

The temperature on August 2, 1943 was between 13.1 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.