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• Gijsbertus de Ruijter, Wormerveer († 1945)
• Catharina Maria Roosen, Opglabbeek (B) († 1981)
• Ilse Helen Poetiray, Surabaja, Nederlands-Indië († 2021)
• Herman Gerardus Fühler, Nieuw-Dordrecht, Emmen († 2012)
• Aart Van TOOREN, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Herman Visser, Hollum († 1992)
• Hendricus Richardus Cornelis Beek, Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Karl August de Zoeten, Nijkerk († 2022)
• Atie VISSER, Mdemblik († 1998)
• Johannus Albertus Maria de Wals, Goor, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)

• Aaltje Hollander (80), Smilde
• Albert ten Brink (72), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus de Wit (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert ten Brink (72), Stuifzand (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Adam van Staveren (62), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Martens Hollander (80), Smilde
• Anna Catharina de Nijs (87), Hontenisse
• Aldegonda Petronella Augustina Severins (0)
• Aleida Berendina Oldekamp (19), Denekamp, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Leijtens (23), Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD)

• 1942 » Bernardine Dohrn, American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic
• 1944 » Cynthia Robinson, American R&B trumpet player and singer (d 2015)
• 1944 » Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist
• 1944 » Joe Frazier, American boxer († 2011)
• 1945 » Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1946 » Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1947 » Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic
• 1947 » Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, English politician
• 1947 » Tom Dempsey, American football player and educator

• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)

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.
• February 14 » President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USSQuincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
• April 9 » Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.
• May 4 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.
• May 29 » First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
• July 26 » The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
• August 2 » World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.

The temperature on January 12, 1945 was between -0.2 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.