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• Jan Hermanus Opdam, Amsterdam († 2022)
• Klaas Loonstra
• Maartje Irene (Matty) Cornelisdr Blaauboer, Anna Paulowna († 2018)
• Dirkje Schaddelee, De Werken († 2015)
• Hans-Georg Karl Theoph. Schumacher, Kupferzell († 1999)
• Helen W Kromhout, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 2012)
• Jopie Pinxt († 2004)
• Helena Dina van Tinteren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Carolus Maria Kuijpers, Roosendaal(NB) († 1945)
• Gérard LEBRETON († 1990)

• Abraham Heemskerk (22), Berlijn-Charlottenburg, Duitsland
• Alijda Maria Johanna Vogtschmidt (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Alberdina Dalfsen, van (68), Meppel,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andreas Everardus Josef van Lier (0), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolfus Henderikus Lukken (50), Rockenberg, Duitsland
• Adrianus Cornelius den BESTEN (75), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anderson Harvey Coleman (80), Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States
• Albert James Percy Storey (67), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Aaltje ter Bekke (61), Assen
• Adrianus Cornelis den Besten (75), Maartensdijk, Nederland

• 1943 » Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction († 1977)
• 1943 » James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
• 1943 » Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author († 2001)
• 1943 » Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter († 2011)
• 1944 » Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director († 1991)
• 1944 » Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1945 » Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
• 1947 » Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
• 1947 » Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author

• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (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.
• April 13 » World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
• April 25 » United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
• April 29 » Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
• May 3 » World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
• July 28 » A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
• October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.

The temperature on May 6, 1945 was between 6.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.