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• Nancy Wylie Duckett [Wl ObBu], Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina († 2004)
• Pé Schilder († 2023)
• Hendrikus van der Knokke, Steenwijk (NL) († 1945)
• Bert Princen, Oss, N.Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Robert Bruce Chesbro, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States († 1989)
• N.N. Tielemans, Gilze en Rijen († 1945)
• Leonardus Heijne, Breda, Nederland († 2003)
• Johanna Berendina Schoonderbeek, Harderwijk († 1945)
• Clasina Willemina Arnoldus, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Hendrik Doornekamp, Putten († 1945)

• Antonij Hemmes (44), Enschede
• Adriana Dreef (69), Leiden
• Ale Thymens Stobbe (75), Tjalleberd, Aengwirden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Agatha Maria Oskam (80), Rotterdam
• Slegtenhorst (73)
• Annechien de Raaf (73), Godlinze, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Dreef (69), Leiden
• Adrianus Hectors (58), Roosendaal
• Anna Cornelia Hoeven (47), Rotterdam
• Antonetta Anna Maria de Bruijn (75), Heeze

• 1943 » Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland
• 1943 » Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player († 2014)
• 1943 » L. Denis Desautels, Canadian accountant and civil servant
• 1944 » David Kelly, Welsh scientist († 2003)
• 1944 » Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist
• 1944 » George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
• 1945 » Francesca Annis, English actress
• 1945 » George Nicholls, English rugby player
• 1945 » Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
• 1946 » Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, English economist and journalist

• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
• 1953 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (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.
• March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
• March 29 » World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
• August 14 » The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
• August 17 » Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
• September 18 » General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
• November 10 » Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).

The temperature on May 14, 1945 was between 10.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.