About the day » Monday December 31, 1945Calender converter

• Joyce Ann Wood († 1995)
• Jacob Schuijl, Den Hoorn († 1995)
• Larry Lee Tague, Jay County († 1991)
• Bonnie Carol Goolsby († 1988)
• Harriet J Versteeg, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2004)
• Petrus Johannes de Bont, Gilze en Rijen († 1961)
• Sylvester Wilhelmus Maria Kaak, Groenlo, 7141, Nederland († 1999)
• Jacob Schuijl, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH) († 1995)
• wilhelmina mathea antonia rijs, baarlo
• Geertje Scholing, Meppel († 2017)

• Aafien Magdalena de Koning (19), Groningen
• A.F. Weber (34), Pfals, DZL
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Meerts (15), Wassenaar, Nederland
• Albertus Jacobus van Bommel (51), Vlaardingen
• Adrianus Vermeulen (81)
• Agina Woud (66), (OV) Blokzijl
• Anthonie Hollebrands (94), Rotterdam Zhl. NL
• Alaíde Hilda Silva, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Alois Theodor Biermann (37), Weltkrieg 311 RII 31-1953 AG Goch vom 14.11.1953
• Albertus Lodeweges (68), Deventer

• 1944 » Taylor Hackford, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 » Connie Willis, American author
• 1946 » Bryan Hamilton, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1946 » Cliff Richey, American tennis player
• 1946 » Eric Robson, Scottish journalist and author
• 1946 » Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer († 1986)
• 1946 » Nigel Rudd, English businessman, founded Williams Holdings
• 1946 » Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean archbishop
• 1946 » Raphael Kaplinsky, South African international development academic
• 1946 » Roy Greenslade, English journalist and academic

• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)

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.
• February 23 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
• February 24 » Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
• May 1 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.
• 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 31, 1945 was between -5.6 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.