About the day » Friday December 21, 1945Calender converter

• IJsselstein, Grou, Idaarderadiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Petrus Johannes Broenland, Valburg († 1945)
• Joseph Kinnart, Grand-Axhe (Waremme) († 1976)
• Andreas A.M. van Loon, Berkel-Enschot († 2022)
• Hubertina Agnes Johanna Stassen, Maastricht († 2022)
• Dorothy Meerman, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Dorothy Jean Meerman, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Hilvert Wubs, Onstwedde († 2005)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1945)
• Nn Ballast, Oud Lutten, Ambt Hardenberg († 1945)

• Hendrika Johanna Otten (Ott'n Rieke) (55), Radewijk
• Anna Maria Emerentiana Mossoux (68), Kerkom, België
• Antonius Johannes Frederikus Gerardus Ariens (4), Arnhem, GEL, Nederland
• Anna Jacobs Faber (83), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alice Ackerson (30), Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa
• Antonius Johannes Frederikus Gerardus Ariens (4), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Owens (74), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Spies (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Alphonsus Josephus Van den bergh (39), Bad Rehburg (duitsland)
• Antje Jacobs (Anna) Faber (83), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1942 » Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Paramount leader of China
• 1943 » Albert Lee, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1943 » Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
• 1944 » Michael Tilson Thomas, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1944 » Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat († 2007)
• 1945 » Doug Walters, Australian cricketer
• 1946 » Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1998)
• 1946 » Roy Karch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 2014)
• 1948 » Barry Gordon, American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988–95)

• 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
• 1940 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)
• 1945 » George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (b. 1878)
• 1952 » Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)

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.
• 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.
• May 1 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.
• May 5 » World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
• August 16 » The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
• August 30 » The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.

The temperature on December 21, 1945 was between -1.2 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.