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• Aaltje Maria Visscher, Harderwijk († 1945)
• Albert Mars, Zwartsluis († 2001)
• Julius Geert Bieringa, Groningen († 2014)
• Marian Hofman († 2021)
• Marie-Josée Ghislaine Alphonse Audenaert, Sint-Truiden, België († 1980)
• Margje (Mieke) ten Kate, Lutten, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Cor Greefkens († 2021)
• Cornelia Buter († 1997)
• Hubertus Stokkel, Aalsmeer († 1945)
• Dik, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)

• Adrianus van Hal (53), Udenhout, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Bultink (48), 's-Heerenberg (Bergh)
• Adolph Jules du Marchie Servaas van Voorthuysen (32), Utrecht
• Bernard Skelly (85), Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia
• Albert Walter Sherren (Capt.) (23), Shot down over Pacific near Japan
• Aaltje Veldhuis (59), Warnseveld
• Anna Catharina Schutte (78), Hilversum
• Amanda Jane (Jennie Elaine) McCarthy (60), Houston (Texas, USA)
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Haagen (48), Bocholtz
• Blanche Desweemer (49), Mouscron, Flandre occidentale, Belgique

• 1941 » Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1942 » Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
• 1944 » Jaimoe, American drummer
• 1944 » Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
• 1945 » Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1947 » Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1947 » Kim Darby, American actress
• 1947 » Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
• 1948 » Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist

• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (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.
• February 14 » World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• April 20 » Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
• May 5 » World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
• May 9 » World War II: The final German Instrument of Surrender is signed at the Soviet headquarters in Berlin-Karlshorst.
• September 7 » The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 is held.
• October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.

The temperature on July 8, 1945 was between 11.1 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.