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• Franciscus Everardus Fraterman, Rotterdam/Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Laurence Redon de Trabuc, Bordeaux, 33063, France († 1991)
• Johanna Maria Petronella Manders, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2005)
• Jan van Gogh, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Glenda Kay Oostenbrug († 1991)
• Mathias Martinus Marie Wilms, Helden († 1948)
• Catharina Dina Roele, Edam († 2003)
• Elizabeth Helena de Putter, Zaamslag († 2017)
• Gijsberta van Rijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Luit ter Heide († 2000)

• (42), Albasserdam
• Albertus Petrus Johannes Duijnstee (70)
• Abraham Jacob Blaauw (83), Hilversum
• Alberta Gerarda Frensdorff (26), Dordrecht
• Adrianus GROEN (88), Leerdam
• Albert Dreise (3), Ten Post (Ten Boer-Gr)
• Adrianus Dekkers (Deckers) (65), Roosendaal
• Aagje de Waard (65), Dubbeldam
• Albertus Putman (43), Rheden, Nederland
• Albertus Gerardus Antonius BOXELAAR (75), 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)

• 1943 » Michael Spicer, English journalist and politician († 2019)
• 1944 » Khosrow Golsorkhi, Iranian journalist, poet, and activist († 1974)
• 1944 » Uto Ughi, Italian violinist and conductor
• 1945 » Alojz Uran, Slovenian archbishop
• 1945 » Christoph Schönborn, Austrian cardinal
• 1945 » Jean-Pierre Nicolas, French racing driver and manager
• 1945 » Jophery Brown, American baseball player, actor, and stuntman († 2014)
• 1946 » Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and manager († 2010)
• 1946 » Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1947 » Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and director

• 1929 » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 1931 » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)

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 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
• March 31 » World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.
• April 23 » World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous.
• June 21 » World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
• August 6 » World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
• August 25 » Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.

The temperature on January 22, 1945 was between -8.4 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.