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Born on Friday August 20, 1943
- Paul Aussems, Maastricht († 1999)
- Jenny Greuter († 2022)
- Doede Jan Klazes Miedema, Boksum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
- Hendrika Johanna van Hasz († 1997)
- Gijsbert van Ton, Kedichem
- Magda Zonneveld, Castricum († 2010)
- Dina Dokter († 1989)
- Alide Nijhof, Hengelo († 1943)
- Marchien Catharina de Vrieze, Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
- Matheus J van Nassau, Roosendaal († 2016)
Died on Friday August 20, 1943
- Anna Maria Theodora Geeradts (82), Maastricht
- Anna Eva Maria Raadman (79), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Catharina Alida Groot Sparenberg (51), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Abraham Roelse (39), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
- Adriana Maria van Thiel (93), Vierhouten,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Alida Zijlmans (67), Zevenbergen
- Berend Reuvekamp (81)
- Arie Strijdhorst (42), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arendje Flietstra (1), Bergentheim
- Antje Kornelisdr. Kasje (45), Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 20, 1943 at Delpher
Born on August 20
- 1941 » Anne Evans, English soprano and actress
- 1941 » Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941 » Rich Brooks, American football player and coach
- 1942 » Fred Norman, American baseball player
- 1942 » Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor († 2008)
- 1943 » Roger Gale, English journalist and politician
- 1943 » Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor
- 1944 » Graig Nettles, American baseball player and manager
- 1944 » José Wilker, Brazilian actor and director († 2014)
- 1944 » Rajiv Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India († 1991)
Died on August 20
- 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
- 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
- 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
- 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
- 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
- 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
- 1951 » İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
- 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
- 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
- 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
Names that were popular for boys in 1943
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Arie
- Robert
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Jacob
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1943
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Margaretha
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Aaltje
- Helena
- Alida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1943
- 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 15 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
- February 9 » World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
- August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
- November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
- December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
Weather August 20, 1943
The temperature on August 20, 1943 was between 11.8 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.