About the day » Saturday October 20, 1945Calender converter

• NN Koster, Winschoten Oldambt Groningen Nederland († 1945)
• Hans Bolsius, Tilburg
• Raymond Andersen, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States († 2015)
• Hendrikje Reinders Rispens († 1988)
• Bekir Sitki Sari, Trabzon, Turkey († 2022)
• Rose-Marie Pauline Lanois († 1984)
• NN Harms, Assen († 1945)
• Margaretha Maria Coenen († 1964)
• Hendrik Booij, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Baby de Boer, Beekbergen († 1945)

• Bernardus van Vooren (36), Oostburg
• Anna Maria Petronella Nijs (78), Weert
• Chauncey {Chancy} Vroman (85), Greene County, New York, United States of America
• Bernard Christof Herman Ruding (68), Sappemeer, Gr, Nederland
• Antonie Landman (83), Kerkwerve
• Anna Hermina Hanswijk (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Westmaas (40), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Geerts (77), Oudenbosch, Nederland
• Baby de Boer (0), Beekbergen
• Brandinus Elmendorp (79), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1943 » Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano and actress
• 1944 » David Mancuso, American party planner, created The Loft († 2016)
• 1944 » Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher
• 1945 » Ric Lee, English drummer (Ten Years After)
• 1946 » Chris Woodhead, English civil servant and academic († 2015)
• 1946 » Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1946 » Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Lewis Grizzard, American comedian and author († 1994)
• 1946 » Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
• 1946 » Richard Loncraine, English director and screenwriter

• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)

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 30 » World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
• February 15 » World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
• March 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
• April 9 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
• April 25 » Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
• April 27 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.

The temperature on October 20, 1945 was between 4.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.