About the day » Thursday December 20, 1945Calender converter

• Carolyn Ann Click, Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• OG de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Martinus Adrianus van Dijk, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
• Jan Geerts, Hoogeveen nederland († 2013)
• Fokke Snip, Nyenklooster, Kloosterburen, Groningen, Netherland († 1988)
• Dean Corliss Montana, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York († 1975)
• Vonda Louise Yost († 2014)
• Gregorius Jacobus Jozef Heck, Weerselo Deurningen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• Elisabeth van der Kaa, Loon op Zand († 1946)
• Ernestus Petrus Jan Spiessens, Hingene († 2000)

• Arend Bosch (73), Hilversum
• Alide Albertine Doorman (28), Wassenaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Kouwenhoven (65), Jaarsveld
• Anna Elizabeth Schmitz (67), Melick en Herkenbosch
• Adrianus DONCKERS (75), Ravels,2381,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• András Rácz (57), Túrkeve, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Benjamin Dontje (75), Manton, Wexford, Michigan, United States
• Adriana Marinusdr van der Slikke (60), Leiden
• Alide Albertine Doorman (28), Wassenaar
• Albert Jans Ketelaar (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan († 2015)
• 1944 » Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer
• 1944 » Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist
• 1945 » Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1945 » Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author († 2010)
• 1946 » Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Lloyd Mumphord, American football player
• 1946 » Sonny Perdue, American captain and politician, 81st Governor of Georgia
• 1946 » Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic
• 1947 » Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter

• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 » Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (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. John
14. Gerardus
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.
• April 5 » Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
• April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
• April 13 » World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
• May 2 » World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
• July 16 » Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
• August 23 » World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".

The temperature on December 20, 1945 was between -0.7 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.