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• Barend Jacob Noorlander, Lopik († 1945)
• Leendert Moelker, Goes
• Annechien Ida (Anneke) Kort, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Donna Jean Bowser, King Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1991)
• Jan Willem Wessel, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Herm van Calcar, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Johanna van Noortwijk, Schiedam († 2012)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Rovers, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Jannie Bakker, Giethoorn († 2023)
• Geraldene Betty Kruid, Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa († 2020)

• Adriaan EIJSBERG (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Hoorn (68), 's-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Wijnands (67), Noordwijk
• Aart Kroon (67), Peursum
• Aagje van der Lelij (85), Leiden / Zoeterwoude
• Alexander Leschan (68), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Blikman (77), Leiden
• Albertus Zwolsman (61), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Oostindie (61), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• ?? Kraaijenbrink, Rotterdam

• 1943 » Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 » Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.
• 1944 » Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1944 » Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator († 1988)
• 1944 » J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna († 1971)
• 1945 » Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• 1946 » Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author († 2013)
• 1946 » Charlotte Rampling, English actress

• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
• 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1954 » Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. John
15. Dirk
16. Jacob

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Geertruida
14. Irene
15. Mary
16. Helena

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• January 18 » World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
• January 23 » World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
• February 14 » World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
• April 4 » World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
• May 1 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.

The temperature on February 5, 1945 was between 2.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.