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• Griet Everts, Kloosterhaar, Hardenberg († 2000)
• Klaas Vos, Elim, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Jannetje Boekestijn, Schipluiden († 2009)
• Grietje Evers († 2000)
• Maria Jacoba Johanna van der Helm, Heusden († 2004)
• Nellie Pasop, Balkbrug († 2021)
• Neeltje van Os, Drachten († 1957)
• Simon Roos, Scheveningen († 2011)
• Jannetje Roelefke Grietje Nap, Odoorn († 2014)
• Melita van Sluis, Maarsseveen († 1949)

• Anna Francisca Maria de Groot (30), Hilversum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Arnoldus Hubertus de Bekker (64)
• Albert Stecher (61)
• Auke Sjoukes Altena (55), Auburn, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Akke Wiegers Heida (75), Ter Idzard, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Cornu (64), Middelburg
• Andreas Brullemans (55), 's Gravenhage
• Henderika De Groote (14), Emmen
• Anna Helena Josephina van der Reijden (63), Leiden
• Anna Jacoba Elisabeth Bouman (53), Den Haag

• 1943 » Anna Ford, English journalist and academic
• 1943 » Franklin Rosemont, American poet, painter, and historian († 2009)
• 1943 » Henri Szeps, Australian actor
• 1944 » Ton Koopman, Dutch conductor, organist, and harpsichordist
• 1944 » Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
• 1945 » Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
• 1946 » Peter Kellner, English journalist and author
• 1946 » Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
• 1947 » Ward Churchill, American author and activist

• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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 » 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.
• April 16 » World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
• April 20 » Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
• July 16 » Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
• July 26 » World War II: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
• August 8 » The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.

The temperature on October 2, 1945 was between 5.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.