About the day » Friday September 3, 1943Calender converter

• Frederik Christaan von Hohenzollern, Zielona Gora, Polen († 1943)
• Friedrich v.Preußen, Grünberg/Schl († 1943)
• Harry Joseph Sweeney, Pittsburgh A, Pennsylvania († 1987)
• Geert Vos, Hellendoorn († 1947)
• Dennis Earl HIGDON († 1990)
• Govardus Franciscus (Goof) Huijsmans, Roosendaal († 1995)
• Johanna Maude ("Hanneke") Stroink, Enschede
• Friedrich Christian Ludwig Franz van Pruisen († 1943)
• Frédéric de Prusse († 1943)
• Annelieke van Overbeek († 1968)

• 00 Jacob Baars (60), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, NL
• Aart Zevenbergen (83), Barneveld
• Adriaan Laurus Minnaard (37), Kortgene
• Amalia Swaab (38), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Abraham (Bram) Jessurun (56), Auschwitz
• Aart Zevenbergen (83), Barneveld, Gld, Nederland
• van der Stam (15), Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
• Adeline MARS (80), Charles Mix, South Dakota, United States
• Amalia 'Heiman' Swaab (38), Auschwitz, Auschwitz, Poland
• Abraham Salomon Dreese (8), Auschwitz

• 1940 » Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author († 2015)
• 1940 » Frank Duffy, English architect
• 1940 » Pauline Collins, English actress
• 1941 » Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author († 1990)
• 1942 » Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Valerie Perrine, American model and actress
• 1944 » Geoff Arnold, English cricketer and coach
• 1944 » Ray Groom, Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania
• 1945 » George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter
• 1945 » Peter Goddard, English physicist and mathematician

• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)

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.
• July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
• July 19 » World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
• August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
• October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
• 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".
• November 23 » World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

The temperature on September 3, 1943 was between 7.6 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.