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Born on Tuesday August 31, 1943
- Gerard Daniel Lambert Joseph Knot († 1993)
- Jeanne van Rooij, Zeelst († 2004)
- Jacob (Jaap) van Beek, Wetering († 2023)
- Afle Zoethout, Veenwouden, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
- Ken GRANGER († 2001)
- Gerrit Willem ten Kate, Witharen, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
- Margaretha Johanna Van Iterson, 's-Gravenhage († 1993)
- Jacobus Hendrikus Vos, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
- Marinus Gezinus Hondebrink, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1994)
- Maris Hendrik van Hunnik, Maarssen († 1965)
Died on Tuesday August 31, 1943
- Abraham Hartz (32), Breslau, Wroclaw, Wroclaw County, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
- Abraham WABBIJN (85), Gouda
- Abraham de Jongh (51), Auschwitz
- Abraham Schellevis (51), Centraal-Europa
- Abraham IJzerman (19), Midden Europa,MID
- Abraham Cohen (33), Auschwitz, Poland
- Abraham Halverstad (51), Seibersdorf (PL)
- Abraham Lopes Cardozo (44), Midden-Europa
- Alida Tanis (63), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Klaasz Ruiter (53), Alkmaar, nh.nld
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 31, 1943 at Delpher
Born on August 31
- 1941 » Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator († 2012)
- 1941 » William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
- 1942 » Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer
- 1943 » Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
- 1944 » Christine King, English historian and academic
- 1944 » Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer
- 1944 » Liz Forgan, English journalist
- 1944 » Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher
- 1945 » Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
- 1945 » Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
Died on August 31
- 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
- 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
- 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
- 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
- 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
- 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
- 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
- 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
- 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
- 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
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.
- February 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
- 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.
- April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
- July 19 » World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
- July 24 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
- 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".
Weather August 31, 1943
The temperature on August 31, 1943 was between 9.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.