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• Nn Koopman, Hoogeveen († 1945)
• Hermanus Franciscus Onstenk, Gorsel († 2019)
• Gerrit Dirk Cardinaal, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Ellen Boddé, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Cornelis Looije, Monster († 2010)
• Gerard KORPEL, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Egbert Kleine, Enschede († 1945)
• Dorothea Johanna Korsten, Beringe († 2015)
• Egberdien Dokter, Zalk, Kampen, Overijssel, NL († 1946)
• Gerardus Arnoldus Overliese, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1945)

• Albertus Marinus van Heijnsbergen, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Roger Chevalier (36), San Francisco, California
• Anna Cornelia de Quant (77), Brielle
• Abraham van Volen (33), Dachau, Duitsland
• anna maria LE ROY (39), heemstede
• Adriana de Kater (77), Rijswijk
• Abraham de Jong (64), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Albert Paulus D�sir� Maurits (57), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonia van der Graaff (80), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Anna (= Antje ) de Groot (71), Rosmalen

• 1943 » Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer († 1967)
• 1943 » Kent Haruf, American novelist († 2014)
• 1943 » Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Terry Semel, American businessman
• 1944 » Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia († 2007)
• 1944 » Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player († 1994)
• 1945 » Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
• 1946 » Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1947 » Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1947 » Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright

• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)

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 19 » World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
• March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
• April 12 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
• April 20 » Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
• 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".
• December 4 » By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)

The average temperature on February 24, 1945 was 3.7 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.