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• Franciscus Cornelis Wilhelmus van Der Weegen, Bergen op Zoom,Netherlands († 1945)
• Gerardus Johannes Theodorus Sterrenburg, Reusel († 2007)
• Hélio Schmitt, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1985)
• Barbara Ellen Carleton, Guelph († 1979)
• Hendrik Sieders, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Fenna Everdina Schutte, Rheeze († 2019)
• Hubertus Stephanus Antonius Sanders, Barneveld († 1945)
• James Doyle Arrington, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Bonnie Smits, Chicago
• Gladys Dul

• Alex Hans Maijer (23), Midden Europa
• Anna Catharina Danneels (84), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Albert (Sebert) ten Cate gr (54), Nieuweschans {GR}
• Aleida Gerarda Maria Worm (32)
• Alida van den Berg (67), Delft
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• Anna Van Langen (60)
• Aleida Bertina Scholten (73), Almelo
• Albertus van Groen (25), NAARDEN (Gooise Meren), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Leyssen (67), Bree, Provincie Limburg, België

• 1941 » Russell Cooper, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Queensland
• 1943 » Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, 2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira
• 1943 » Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language
• 1943 » Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer († 1992)
• 1944 » Florence LaRue, American singer and actress
• 1947 » Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
• 1947 » Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, 3rd Director of National Intelligence
• 1948 » Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1948 » Rod Grams, American journalist and politician († 2013)

• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)

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 25 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
• March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
• April 20 » World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
• July 26 » World War II: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
• August 17 » Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
• September 2 » World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USSMissouri in Tokyo Bay.

The temperature on February 4, 1945 was between -0.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.